Question

OK, so you’ve decided on a career in the media, and you are sick to death with people telling you how competitive the industries are. You know you are going to have to get in any which way you can, and that this will probably mean making tea and photocopying, and you are prepared.

But that may mean that you will find it a little disappointing when you emerge from an environment where your ideas or you have been publishing your own magazines, and enter a place where perhaps no one will ask you your name, or say hello to you in the morning, and where you are being perhaps not paid to do a job.

There are a number of training schemes offered across the media, which are a great route in . Simon Winder was given his start in publishing by the MacMillan’s training scheme. “I was sent out to Africa and Asia for a couple of years, selling educational books. It was a terrible job in many ways but interesting training,” says Winder. Because he had learnt first-hand about the business of publishing, his training prepared him for a career in the industry. On his return to England, Winder made the move to a senior position at Penguin seven years ago.

If you can’t get on to a training scheme, or get a paid job straight away, then offering your services for free will open up many opportunities to you. It is all about proving that you can do the job. “Identify companies and people whose programmes you like, and then simply write to them,” Connock advises those wanting to break into television, “Offer to work for free if you possibly can, and the chances are you will impress with your hard work and ideas, and end up staying on in paid employment. That’s how practically every employee of Ten Alps ended up with the company.”

Wherever you start out, if you work hard at what you do, your efforts will be rewarded. “Don’t focus on where you want to end up,” advises Ross, “You’ll know where that is when you’re there; just stay focused on the job in hand, and do that as well as you can.”

1．The main idea of this passage is probably ______.

    A．how to develop a career in the media

    B．the difficulties you will face in finding a job in the media

    C．the tiring work you have to do at first in the media

    D．what low pay you’ll get in the media

2．What did the writer intend to tell us in the second paragraph?

    A．No one is willing to speak to you.

    B．You are the least important person in the unit.

    C．You will feel being ignored at the beginning.

    D．You have to work without pay.

3．The ways you can enter the media include ______.

    A．learning the first hand experience about the business

    B．taking park in training schemes or working for it for free

    C．studying the companies and people you like

    D．showing your ability while you are working

4．As a whole, what attitude should you have while trying to enter the media industry?

    A．Watch out for your future career.

    B．Pay attention to the relationship between your workmates.

    C．Work heart and soul to do your present work well.

    D．Find chances to show off your ability.

Answer 1

1—4、ACBC