完形填空(共20小题:每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“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.
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. drink 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