单项选择题

Direction:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank.
Text
What follows are 1 on writing a functional resume that will get read—a resume that makes you come 2 and look interesting to 3 .

Never apologize: If you’ re returning to the work 4 after fifteen years as a parent, 5 write a short paragraph (summary of background) 6 a chronology of experience. Don’ t apologize for working at 7 a mother: it’ s the hardest job of all. If you have no special training or higher education, just don’ t 8 education.
How to psych yourself up: The secret is to think about the 9 before you start writing about yourself. Take four or five hours off not necessarily 10 , and simply write down every accomplishment in your life on or 11 the job. That made you feel effective. Don’ t worry at first 12 what it all means. Study the list and try to spot patterns. As you study your list, you will come closer to the meaning: identifying your marketable skills. Once you discover patterns, give names to your 13 of accomplishments (leadership skills, budget management skills, child development skills, etc. ). Try to list at least three accomplishments 14 the same skills heading. Now start writing your resume as if you mattered. It may take four 15 or more, and several weeks, before you’ re ready to show it to a 16 (friends are usually too kind) for a reaction. When you’ re satisfied, send it to a printer; a 17 resume is far 18 to photocopies. It shows an employer that you 19 job hunting as 20 work.

A. trips
B. secrets
C. tips
D. mysteries