Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree could fi

Not so long ago almost any student who successfully pleted a university degree could find a good career quite easily．Companies toured the academic institutions, peting with each other to select graduates．However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong petition in the search for jobs．
Most careers organizations highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career：recognizing abilities, matching these to available jobs and presenting them well to possible employers．
Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities．One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area．Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes．An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be given careful thought．
The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future．To do this, graduates can study job and position information in newspapers, or they can visit a careers office, write to possible employers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession．After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed parisons between various careers．
Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career．Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors．Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possible．They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer’s needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular pany and try to show that they already know something about the pany and its activities．
When graduates go to an interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the possible employer．Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also important．Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about．This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer．
【小题1】“Those days are gone, even in Hong Kong” in Paragraph 1 suggests that    ．A．finding a good career used to be easier in Hong Kong than elsewhereB．now everyone in Hong Kong has an equal chance of finding a good jobC．graduates now face stronger petition in Hong Kong than elsewhereD．even in Hong Kong panies tour universities trying to select graduates【小题2】It is implied in Paragraph 3 that graduates should    ．A．aim to give a balanced account of what the employer needsB．consider careers which suit their values, interests and abilitiesC．stress their personal attitudes and values in job applicationsD．recognize their own abilities regardless of what the employer looks for【小题3】According to Paragraph 4, graduates should    ．A．find a good position and then pare it with other careersB．ask friends or relatives to secure them a good jobC．get information about a number of careers before making parisonsD．study the opportunities and the kinds of training that will be available【小题4】In the last paragraph, the writer seems to suggest that     ．A．interviewees should appear humble if they can’t give an answerB．dressing properly is more important than being able to give an answerC．it is better for interviewees to be honest than to pretend to understandD．it is a good idea for interviewees to be boastful in their answersA