Kyrgyzstan(吉尔吉斯斯坦) is a mountainous country where nearly two thirds of the people live in rural areas. The UN notes that the local economy depends     1    (heavy)on farming. So it is rare for any Kyrgyz to choose technology     2     a career path.

The UN Development Programme studied records about the country’s college     3    (graduate)in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, construction and manufacturing. It found that women make up less than 10 percent of those graduates.

Nineteen-year-old Alina Anisimova,     4     is a computer programmer, says some girls don’t have the courage to take on such studies because it is not common in their country. And, she also says a majority of parents discourage their daughters from     5    (study)these subjects. Girls in her country are expected     6     (marry) instead of having careers. Nearly one in 10 girls in Kyrgyzstan is married before the age of 18, notes the international aid group Girls Not Brides. She wishes that in the future people will not consider it so     7    (surprise)to see young women get involved in engineering and metal working.

Actually, the number of women in science, technology, engineering and math areas     8     (increase)in recent years. For example, in the US, there has been a push to get more girls interested in such subjects at     9     early age. Still, the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO notes that only about 30 percent of the world’s researchers     10     (be)women.

3 . Slash(斜杠)Careers

What is your job? Are you a teacher or a businessperson? Or maybe you are a lawyer/writer or a teacher/photographer.    1    The term “slash career” comes from the punctuation mark(标识符)—a slash that comes between job titles.

People with slash careers often have a primary job that provides for most of their needs. The primary job usually comes before the slash.    2    This secondary job can help supplement the person’s income.

Why would anyone want more than one job? Some people look to their jobs for opportunities to develop their interests. But most people have too many interests for one job. Secondary jobs can be enjoyable if they include interests that the primary job doesn’t touch. Some people who encourage slash careers say they actually help with work-life balance.    3    

On the other hand, a slash career can be dangerous for work-life balance.    4    One might give up necessary things like relaxation, exercise or time with one’s family. People with slash careers need to think carefully about how they use their time. This includes knowing when to stop working.

The clear advantage to slash careers is the extra income that secondary jobs provide. It’s always helpful to have a little extra money to spend or to save.

    5    With a slash career, losing one’s job does not mean losing one’s entire income. Or a secondary job may be so successful that it can turn into one’s primary job.

If your interests stretch beyond your ordinary job, a slash career may work for you.

6 . When planning for a new job, many people will go through a job interview.     1         Fear of the unknown, fear of public rejection and fear of personal criticism all come together in one meeting. So how should you prepare for a job interview ？ It's often a combination of careful research, psychology and an ability to think on your feet.

One way is to do a great deal of research, like finding the requirements of the job, the company's product lines, the industry's standard salary for the position, the interviewer, etc. When doing research, don't forget to learn about whether you have unique qualifications for the position.     2    Thus, prepare your unique aspects which will make you stand out among interviewees ahead of time.

    3     Do you express your ideas clearly? Do you actively listen to others ? How you perform inthe interview will leave a deep impression on the interviewers.

Some job seekers prepare for a job interview by conducting their own mock （模拟的） interviews. A trusted friend or even a professional job coach can act as an interviewer, asking many of the same questions a real interviewer might ask. In view of your performance, these people may be able to point out your trouble spots.    4    

There're also numerous resources job seekers can use to prepare for a job interview.     5     Many cities also have programs helping first-time workers find jobs. They may offer classes on how to prepare for a job interview or provide job coaches who can conduct mock interviews.

7 . An employee whose personality traits closely match the traits that are ideal for his or her job is likely to earn more than an employee whose traits are less congruent (一致的), according to new research.

Findings from previous research have shown that some personality traits are generally beneficial when it comes to a work environment. Being highly conscientious (勤勉认真的), lead researcher Jaap J.A. Denissen notes, is connected with being hard-working and well-organized, qualities that are typically prized in employees. But Denissen questioned the idea that there is an ideal personality type. The researchers thought that the match, or mismatch, between a person's traits and job requirements, might be important when it comes to important outcomes like income.

The researchers developed a new way of directly comparing the fit between a given employee and a given job, using the well-established Big Five personality traits to quantify (量化) the traits that a job requires. The researchers examined personality, yearly income, and jobs of 8,458 persons living in Germany.

The results showed that fit really does matter, at least when it comes to extraversion, agreeableness, and openness to experiences. For these three traits, greater congruence between an employee's own personality and a job's requirements was connected with higher income. Importantly, the data also showed that employees who were more agreeable, more conscientious, or more open to experiences than their jobs required actually earned less than people who had congruent levels of those traits.

The researchers note that additional studies will be required to understand how job experiences, job satisfaction, and job performance might influence the association between the individual job personality fit and income. The results of the present study do suggest that achieving the right fit requires a special approach to knowing both personal traits and job-related traits. Paying attention to the approach could have important implications for both employees and employers.

10 . What no one ever tells college students is how little they’ll be prepared for the real world. Many graduates will not get the _________ they wanted and the one they do get will be different from what they dreamed about.

After graduating, I packed my bags and headed _________ to the big city for a well paying job with good potential (潜力). I hoped this would be my _________ to expand my professional experience and figure out what I was supposed to do with my life.

But I was _________ . Before I knew it, I was swept into the entry level job world: long hours before a_________, service calls from rude customers and repetitive work I wasn’t _________in. Having studied Psychology, English, and Sociology, I was supposed to be working in a job that _________ me to use my passion, not to _________ it. This was not at all what I had_________. So I decided to hand in my __________ .

Two weeks later I __________again and moved back to my college town. I found a full time job working with kids with special needs and began a part time __________ career. And I found out special needs kids are the greatest and that writing is__________and easy.

The key to __________ may very well be doing what you love. What you need to do is just to follow your heart and make a __________ to bring back your joy.