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The world of work is changing. Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of 15-year-olds across 41 countries by the OECD ( 经 合 组 织 ) has found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of

work that will be available.

This selection is partly due to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed. Furthermore, teenagers can hardly be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of labour-market trends. They encounter doctors and teachers in their daily lives. Other popular professions, such as lawyers and police officers, are familiar from films and social media.

Four of the five most popular choices are traditional professional roles: doctors, teachers, business managers and lawyers. Teenagers cluster around the most popular jobs, with the top ten being chosen by 47% of boys and 53% of girls.

More boys than girls expect to work in science or engineering. The problem continues in higher education：with the exception of biological and biomedical sciences, degrees in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths ) are male-dominated. In America women earn just 35.5% of undergraduate STEM degrees and 33.7% of PhDs. In Britain only one in five computer-science university students is a woman.

Women play a much bigger role in the health- and social-care sectors. The problem is that some of these jobs are not very well paid. Home-health and personal-care aides had median annual salaries in 2018 of just over 24, 00.Some jobs in health care are extremely profitable, of course. But another gender imbalance emerges here: women make up only one-third of American health-care executives. In contrast, they tend to dominate the poorly paid social care workforce.

The biggest problem in the labour market, then, may not be that teenagers are focusing on a few well-known jobs. It could be a mismatch: not enough talented women move into technology and not enough men take jobs in social care. Any economist will recognise this as an inefficient use of resources. Wherever the root of the problem lies— be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices— it needs to be identified and fixed.

1. （1） Why would many teenagers like to choose traditional jobs?

   A . They are ready for these jobs. B . These jobs are better known to them. C . These jobs live up to their expectations. D . They think these jobs are available to them.
3. （2） Where do most women work?

   A . In engineering. B . In technology. C . In health care. D . In business.
5. （3） What would the author most probably agree with?

   A . The mismatch of resources requires improving. B . Not enough men and women take jobs in society. C . Teenagers have unrealistic expectations about jobs. D . It's the education system that causes the labour market problem.
7. （4） In which section of a magazine may this text appear?

   A . Entertainment. B . Education. C . Science. D . Career.