Question

 I'll never forget that interview with the "Careers" department at school when they asked me "What do you want to be when you grow up?" For me,it was always obvious. From a very young age,I wanted to be a journalist and write for a living.

  My mother still has the very first stories I ever wrote，including a tale about a young girl who cheered up a sad angel, When I went to university, I really didn't learn half as much as I did until I was in the world of work. It's only until you get your first job that you'll begin to un?derstand your career. Knowing what you want to do with your working life will only get you so far. It's knowing how to become something that counts(有价值，重要) .

  Choose the right course

  You don't have to study media or journalism but it does help. Particularly as the journalism industry is so competitive and there aren't enough jobs to meet demand. You want your CV to stand out from the crowd，so make sure you take a relevant course or degree and work hard to get decent grades.

  Get the right stuff(素质)

  Being a journalist does require some necessary personality traits. You have to have a " nose for news". You also have to have a lot of confidence as you could be interviewing top business leaders, celebrities and even politicians.

  Start your own blog

  Journalists need to know how to blog，so start your own and get into the habit of writing on a regular basis every day if you can. News editors will be looking for digital journalists these days,so make sure you get blogging while reading as many influential blogs as you can.

(   ) 5. The main purpose of the writer is to tell us        .

    A. his own experience working as a journalist

    B.the challenges of being a journalist

   C.how to be a journalist

   D.how a journalist works

(   ) 6. We learn from the second paragraph that the author        .

   A.got many stories published when he was young

   B.only learned the trick of journalism when he started working-

   C.believed what he learned at college is the most important

   D.didn't work hard at university

(   ) 7. In order to be a journalist, you have to        .

   A.know what you want to do when you grow up

   B.start writing as early as possible

   C.study media or journalism

   D.take a relevant course

(   ) 8. A journalist should be quite confident because        .

   A.they can be in very tough situations

   B.they will interview very important or famous figures

   C.the journalism industry is full of competition

   D.you have to stand out in journalism

Answer 1

5—8 CBDB

B作者就如何成为一名记者拿出了自己的建议。

5.C综合分析全文可知,作者的主要目的是就如何成为一名记者提出了自己的建议，文章的重心在文章的后三段。

6.B从文章第二段可知，作者在大学里面并没有学到很多东西，真正到了工作岗位才理解了记者的工作性质。

7.D从文章第三段可知，作者强调一定要学习与记者相关的专业。

8.B从文章第四段可知，作者强调作为记者一定要自信，因为会采访名人和要人。