Once you have reached London, you can go 1 in taxis, buses, or 2 underground.I myself prefer the 3 as it is rapid, easy and cheap.There are so many 4 in London that one cannot drive along the roads quickly and 5 many stops.The underground is therefore usually quicker than taxis or buses.If you do not know London 6 it is very difficult to find the 7 you want.You can take a taxi, but it is much more 8 than the underground or a bus. 9 the underground you may find good maps, 10 tell you the name of the stations and 11 you how to get to them, so that it is easy to find your 12 .
Let us 13 that I have just arrived 14 London from France.My train stops at Victoria Station in London, and I want to go to Cambridge.I therefore have to get from Victoria Station to Liverpool Street Station.If I have a lot of luggage, I have to take a taxi, 15 , as I have already said, is much more expensive than a bus or the under-ground.If I have not much luggage 16 me(perhaps I have sent it to Cambridge, where I will 17 it later), I can go 18 some stairs from Victoria Station to the underground station, 19 an electric train there, and go along under the ground to Liverpool Street Station, where I will again come out 20 the light of day to continue my journey.
News analysts(分析家),reporters, and correspondents(通讯记者)play a 1 role in our society.They gather information, prepare stories, and make broadcasts that inform us about local, state, national, and international 2 ; present points of view on current issues; and report on the actions of public officials.
Journalists spend much of their time out and about 3 information, interviewing people and attending events and press conferences.They make notes or 4 interviews on tape.Then, back in the office, they 5 the“copy”on a word processor.Journalists also do a lot of work on the phone, 6 and checking out facts.Large newspapers and radio and television 7 assign reporters to gather news about specific 8 such as crime or education.Some reporters specialize in fields such as health, politics, foreign affairs, sports, theater, consumer affairs, social events, science, business, or religion.Reporters on small publications 9 all aspects of the news.They take 10 , write headlines, lay out pages, edit wire service stories, and write editorials.It can get pretty frantic(狂乱的)as 11 draw near, so you need to be able to work 12 and under pressure.
Journalists must be able to write clearly and concisely(简明的).They need to 13 a story interesting-and getting it the right 14 is quite a skill!You need to be 15 in people and have a(an)“ 16 ”for a good story.
This is certainly not a nine to five 17 .After all, newsworthy events happen 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 18 can be long, especially when there are deadlines to 19 .On the other hand, you get to talk to lots of interesting people, see all kinds of places and 20 the excitement of being right where it's all happening.
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lead
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supportive
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important
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key
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events
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incidents
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accidents
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news
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to gather
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gathering
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reporting
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to report
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record
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make
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have
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give
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print
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approve
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write up
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read
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talking
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interviewing
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polishing
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proving
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stations
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organizations
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institutes
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companies
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titles
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topics
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headlines
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ideas
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concltude
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include
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broadcast
D.
cover
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actions
B.
photographs
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materials
D.
interviews
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deadlines
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publishings
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days
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nights
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carefully
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clearly
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quickly
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happily
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make
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make up
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write
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tell
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words
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way
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size
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length
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worried
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curious
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interested
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concerned
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nose
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mind
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head
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eye
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thing
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work
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job
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timetable
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Days
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Hours
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Weeks
D.
Years
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arrive
B.
draw
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hurry
D.
meet
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experience
B.
feel
C.
face
D.
get
完形填空(Cloze Test)
I have been interested in animals since before I could remember.When I was four years old, I stayed on a farm where I helped to 1 hens' eggs.I became 2 , and asked those around me,“Where is the hole big enough for the eggs to come out?”When no one answered to my 3 , I hid in a henhouse for some four hours to 4 .When my mother saw me rushing toward the house, she noticed my 5 .Instead of scolding me for disappearing for so long(the family had even 6 the police!), she sat down and listened to me tell the wonderful story of how a hen 7 an egg.Then my childhood dream was as strong as ever:I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient 8 .
I was 9 enough to meet the late(已故的)Louis Leakey, who gave me this 10 chance to find out about the wild chimpanzees, our closest living relatives in the animal world.When I go back there, I see some 11 that I knew in the sixties, and one individual(个体),her name is Fifi.She was a little baby when I arrived in 12 and she's about 43 years old now, she's the matriarch(女家长)of her community.When I look into her eyes, I think“this is my oldest chimpanzee friend, and she and I 13 memories that no other being in the world shares because they're not there any more.”And when I look into those eyes, I know I'm looking into the eyes of a thinking, feeling being. 14 I'll never know what she thinks about me.It's always a 15 , there's always something to learn.