Mark Twain, 1 quite a lot, often 2 circumstances, usually financial circumstances(经济状况)forced him to．He was born in Floridian Missouri in 1835, and 3 to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 old．Most people think he was born in Hannibal, but that isn't true．After his father 5 when he was about twelve, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left． 6 he could earn more money．He worked for a while as a typesetter 7 various newspapers, and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi．
Twain loved this job, and many of his books show it．The river job 8 however, because of the outbreak of the civil war．Twain was in the federate army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company(同伴)went west, 9 from the war and the army．
In Nevada in California, Twain prospected(寻找)for sister and gold 10 luck, but did succeed as a writer． 11 that happened, Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and 12 enough money to go to Europe．Twain didn't travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didn't publish much 13 ．
Somehow his travel, ever when forced, inspired his writings． 14 many other popular writers, Twain derived(得到)much of the materials for his writing 15 the wealth and diversity(多样性)of his own experience．
News analysts(分析家)，reporters, and correspondents(通讯记者)play a 1 role in our society．They gather information, prepare stories, and make broadcasts that inform us about local, state, national, and international 2 ; present points of view on current issues; and report on the actions of public officials．
Journalists spend much of their time out and about 3 information, interviewing people and attending events and press conferences．They make notes or 4 interviews on tape．Then, back in the office, they 5 the“copy”on a word processor．Journalists also do a lot of work on the phone, 6 and checking out facts．Large newspapers and radio and television 7 assign reporters to gather news about specific 8 such as crime or education．Some reporters specialize in fields such as health, politics, foreign affairs, sports, theater, consumer affairs, social events, science, business, or religion．Reporters on small publications 9 all aspects of the news．They take 10 , write headlines, lay out pages, edit wire service stories, and write editorials．It can get pretty frantic(狂乱的)as 11 draw near, so you need to be able to work 12 and under pressure．
Journalists must be able to write clearly and concisely(简明的)．They need to 13 a story interesting－and getting it the right 14 is quite a skill!You need to be 15 in people and have a(an)“ 16 ”for a good story．
This is certainly not a nine to five 17 ．After all, newsworthy events happen 24 hours a day, seven days a week． 18 can be long, especially when there are deadlines to 19 ．On the other hand, you get to talk to lots of interesting people, see all kinds of places and 20 the excitement of being right where it's all happening．
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A．
lead
B．
supportive
C．
important
D．
key
(2)
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A．
events
B．
incidents
C．
accidents
D．
news
(3)
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A．
to gather
B．
gathering
C．
reporting
D．
to report
(4)
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A．
record
B．
make
C．
have
D．
give
(5)
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A．
print
B．
approve
C．
write up
D．
read
(6)
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A．
talking
B．
interviewing
C．
polishing
D．
proving
(7)
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A．
stations
B．
organizations
C．
institutes
D．
companies
(8)
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A．
titles
B．
topics
C．
headlines
D．
ideas
(9)
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A．
concltude
B．
include
C．
broadcast
D．
cover
(10)
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A．
actions
B．
photographs
C．
materials
D．
interviews
(11)
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A．
deadlines
B．
publishings
C．
days
D．
nights
(12)
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A．
carefully
B．
clearly
C．
quickly
D．
happily
(13)
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A．
make
B．
make up
C．
write
D．
tell
(14)
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A．
words
B．
way
C．
size
D．
length
(15)
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A．
worried
B．
curious
C．
interested
D．
concerned
(16)
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A．
nose
B．
mind
C．
head
D．
eye
(17)
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A．
thing
B．
work
C．
job
D．
timetable
(18)
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A．
Days
B．
Hours
C．
Weeks
D．
Years
(19)
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A．
arrive
B．
draw
C．
hurry
D．
meet
(20)
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A．
experience
B．
feel
C．
face
D．
get
完形填空(Cloze Test)
I have been interested in animals since before I could remember．When I was four years old, I stayed on a farm where I helped to 1 hens' eggs．I became 2 , and asked those around me,“Where is the hole big enough for the eggs to come out?”When no one answered to my 3 , I hid in a henhouse for some four hours to 4 ．When my mother saw me rushing toward the house, she noticed my 5 ．Instead of scolding me for disappearing for so long(the family had even 6 the police!), she sat down and listened to me tell the wonderful story of how a hen 7 an egg．Then my childhood dream was as strong as ever：I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient 8 ．
I was 9 enough to meet the late(已故的)Louis Leakey, who gave me this 10 chance to find out about the wild chimpanzees, our closest living relatives in the animal world．When I go back there, I see some 11 that I knew in the sixties, and one individual(个体)，her name is Fifi．She was a little baby when I arrived in 12 and she's about 43 years old now, she's the matriarch(女家长)of her community．When I look into her eyes, I think“this is my oldest chimpanzee friend, and she and I 13 memories that no other being in the world shares because they're not there any more．”And when I look into those eyes, I know I'm looking into the eyes of a thinking, feeling being． 14 I'll never know what she thinks about me．It's always a 15 , there's always something to learn．
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