“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”
The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be
_36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future
37 . Each of you will have to
38 someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This
_39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_
40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head. “How about some
41_ ?” I shook my head again .
Finally , I thought he realized I was
42 , and I got my first big tip as a
43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from
44 in class. I got an A on the entire project.Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _
45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t
__46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and
47 all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _
48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was
49 . For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __
50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and
51 choosing my strongest area.
52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __
53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get
54 all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could
55 her.
| 小题1: | | A．good | B．mad | C．careless | D．curious |
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| 小题2: | | A．university | B．family | C．professions | D．life |
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| 小题3: | | A．interview | B．find out | C．admire | D．learn from |
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| 小题4: | | A．expressed | B．ordered | C．expected | D．meant |
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| 小题5: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．naturally | D．eagerly |
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| 小题6: | | A．drink | B．newspapers | C．preparations | D．paper |
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| 小题7: | | A．satisfied | B．comfortable | C．terrified | D．sorry |
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| 小题8: | | A．student | B．journalist | C．teacher | D．writer |
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| 小题9: | | A．research | B．books | C．imagination | D．memory |
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| 小题10: | | A．called | B．recognized | C．remembered | D．visited |
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| 小题11: | | A．answer | B．promise | C．stop | D．persuade |
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| 小题12: | | A．how | B．whether | C．why | D．when |
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| 小题13: | | A．It | B．Virginia DeView | C．My parents | D．My oral report |
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| 小题14: | | A．breaking in | B．getting down | C．falling off | D．going on |
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| 小题15: | | A．making up | B．listening to | C．covering | D．writing |
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| 小题16: | | A．of course | B．finally | C．doubtfully | D．in all |
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| 小题17: | | A．When | B．As long as | C．Once | D．On condition |
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| 小题19: | | A．hurt | B．excited | C．disappointed | D．asked |
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| 小题20: | | A．respect | B．support | C．thank | D．favor |
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