Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

“Now，” Mrs.Virginia DeView said，smiling，“we are going to discover our professions.”

The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions？We were only 13 and 14 years old！The teacher must be____.“Yes，you will all be searching for your future____.Each of you will have to____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____I had to go to interview a trueblue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him____able to speak. He looked at me and said，“Did you bring a pencil or a pen？”

I shook my head.

“How about some____？”

I shook my head again.

Finally，I thought he realized I was____，and I got my first big tip as a____：“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____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____Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't____me.They just reminded me how competitive the field was and____all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood.____gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was____.

For the past 12 years，I've had the most satisfying reporting career，____stories from murders to airplane crashes and____choosing my strongest area.___I went to pick up my phone one day，an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been____Virginia DeView，I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get____all the time：“How did you pick journalism？”

“Well，you see，there was a teacher...” I just wish I could____her.

【1】A. good B．mad

C．careless D．curious

【2】A. university B．family

C．professions D．life

【3】A. interview B．find out

C．admire D．learn from

【4】A. expressed B．ordered

C．expected D．meant

【5】A. hardly B．nearly

C．naturally D．eagerly

【6】A. note B．newspapers

C．preparations D．paper

【7】A. satisfied B． comfortable

C．terrified D．sorry

【8】A. student B．journalist

C．teacher D．writer

【9】A. research B．books

C．imagination D．memory

【10】A. called B．recognized

C．remembered D．visited

【11】A. answer B．promise

C．stop D．persuade

【12】A. how B．whether

C．why D．when

【13】A. It B．Virginia DeView

C．My parents D．My oral report

【14】A. breaking in B．getting down

C．falling off D．going on

【15】A. making up B．listening to

C．covering D．writing

【16】A. of course B．finally

C．doubtfully D．in all

【17】A. When B．As long as

C．Once D．On condition

【18】A. for B．with

C．of D．to

【19】A. hurt B．excited

C．disappointed D．asked

【20】A. respect B．support

C．thank D．favor

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】D

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【11】C

【12】A

【13】A

【14】D

【15】C

【16】B

【17】A

【18】A

【19】D

【20】C

【解析】语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了我儿时的一位老师Virginia DeView引导学生从小就寻找自己的职业方向。多年之后当我初涉职场时真的就选择了自己曾经见习过的职业——新闻记者。

【1】 根据空前的“Our professions？We were only 13 and 14 years old！”可知，学生们认为老师一定是“疯了”

【2】 由文章第一句中的“discover our professions”可知应选C。

【3】 根据19空后面的“interview a trueblue newspaper reporter”可知选A，即老师让他们先采访他们职业领域内的某个人，然后再给出口头报告。

【4】 我选择了报刊业新闻工作，这种职业就意味着我要采访一位敬业的报社记者。mean“意味着”。

【5】 根据后面的对话可以看出，我当时非常紧张，所以应该选择A项，hardly“几乎不”，即“我坐在他面前紧张得连话都说不出来了”。

【6】 23空后的“never go anywhere without a pen and paper”有提示。

【7】 前文交代了我几乎说不出话了，所以此处应该是“最后，我想他意识到了我当时害怕(terrified)极了”。

【8】 第三段的第二句中的“journalism”以及25空后面等处都有提示。故选B。

【9】 几天之后我在课堂上完全凭记忆做了口头汇报。from memory“凭记忆”。

【10】 Virginia DeView老师和13岁时想成为记者当然都是我记忆中的事情了，所以选择C。

【11】 根据“They just reminded me how competitive the field was...”这一句可知，父母并没有“阻止”我。

【12】 这是由and连接的两个并列的宾语从句，句意为“……我一生中是如何不得不躲避竞争的。”故应选how。

【13】 此处的It与其前一句中“it was in my blood”的it同指journalism。记者工作可以使我自由地走向完全陌生的人，并询问发生了什么事情。

【14】 见上题解析。go on“发生，进行”，符合语境。

【15】 此时我已经是记者了，所以应用cover，表示“报道”。

【16】 最后，我选择了我最拿手的领域。finally“最后，最终”，符合语境。

【17】 有一天当我拿起电话的时候，突然想起来很多往事，要不是Virginia DeView，我现在就不会坐在那个书桌前。when表示“当……时”，符合语境。

【18】 见上题解析。had it not been for sb.＝if it had not been for sb.表示“要不是某人”，是含有虚拟语气的条件状语。

【19】 总是有人问我：“您是怎样选择了记者这一职业的？”故选D。

【20】 我只是希望我能够感谢我的老师Virginia DeView。