Question

From my first day, I was attending press conferences and other media events all over town. I got to attend events at places I had never thought I’d get to: the White House, the Senate and House of Representative buildings at the Capitol (国会大厦), the Department of Health and Human Services, just to name a few. And I was sent to cover these events as if I were a reporter, not just an intern (实习生) .

 In fact, I never really felt like an intern. I was given the opportunity to do the work that everyone else at the paper was doing. I covered stories on my own and wrote the articles myself. I was included in discussions for story ideas. I helped to edit the articles that went into the paper. I was able to take part in every aspect of the newspaper that I wanted to experience.

 The best part of working at the Nation’s Health was the staff. They were supportive in letting me go out and do things on my own, while I always knew that they would be more than happy to answer any questions or help me with any problems I might have. Best of all, they treated me as their equal, not just an intern whom they could get to do all the work they didn’t want to do.

After interning at the Nation’s Health for nearly seven months and having more than 30 articles published, I had to move on. My experience there gave me insight into how the media work, which helps me when I’m trying to choose stories. In addition, it showed me that work really can be fun.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. How good reporting begins with journalism interns.

B. The author’s opportunity to work at the Nation’s Health.

C. The author’s experience working as an intern

D. The author’s first day as a professional reporter.

2.What impressed the author most when working at the Nation’s Health?

A. The employees treated her as one of them equally.

B. The opportunity to work alone.

C. Covering stories and writing articles

D. Coming up with story ideas for the newspaper.

3.We can infer that the author had thought an intern would be made to ____.

A. go to as many places as possible

B. do the boring things that others didn’t want to do

C. treat people equally, no matter who they were.

D. get help from a professional reporter

4.What did the author think of her experience of working at the Notion’s Health?

A. Meaningful    B. Disappointing     C. Tiring    D.  Surprising

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：在本文中作者讲述了自己作为实习生的采访经历以及这段工作给他带来的影响和感受。尽管是实习生，但是作者曾被派往白宫，国会大厦执行采访任务，而且在工作中独立完成采访和写作任务，尤其是在国家卫生部工作期间，他所受到的支持和帮助让他铭记在心，而且一直激励着他前行。

1.C主旨大意题。在文中作者讲述了自己的实习经历以及所受到的帮助和支持，文中最后总结了自己的这段实习经历给他带来的影响和感悟，由此可知文章主要讲述的是自己的实习经历。故C选项正确。

2.A细节理解题。从文章第四段中的The best part of working at the Nation’s Health was the staff.。。。. Best of all, they treated me as their equal,可知那些员工平等地对待作者。故A选项正确。

3.B推理判断题。从文中第三段中they treated me as their equal, not just an intern whom they could get to do all the work they didn’t want to do.可以推断得知作者原以为实习生只会去做别人不愿意做的事情，所以B选项正确。

4.A推理判断题。A 有意义的；B令人失望的；C 累人的；D使人惊讶的。从文章末段作者的感悟可知作者认为这段经历会促使他进步，而且也感到了这份工作中的乐趣，所以A选项正确。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。