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　　My husband is on the front lines in Iraq. Not as a soldier, but as a reporter. When I told my friend about his latest task, each had the same reaction, “Did you tell him no?”

　　They remind me, as if I'd somehow forgotten, that he has left behind our three young children for weeks, perhaps months. He will be risking his life, they say, only for some news.

　　Is it worth it?

　　I understand the pity they feel for me because of the burden suddenly heaped on my shoulders.

My 5－year－old daughter designed a schedule to determine which of the children would keep me company in my empty bed at night. Whether it was her turn or not, I can usually wake to find her huddled against me. My 7－year－old son has many questions about the war and weapons. Though I've never allowed my children to watch the evening news, National Public Radio has been my constant companion, and he was interested in any mention of the war, and he questions me about “when will dad go home”. Most troubling of all, my 9－year－old daughter has said nothing. She has asked no questions and she merely glances at the photo of her father displayed on the page next to his article each morning. And all three are probably the only kids at their school who can find Iraq on a map.

　　In the end, when friends ask, “Is it worth it?” I can answer yes. He, like other reporters from other countries, is presenting us with the truth.

　　So when my friends ask, I tell them it wasn't a matter of letting him go or making him stay. My husband just does what his career asks him to do.

1．Where is the author's husband?

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2．What do the author's friends think of her husband going to Iraq?

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3．Why does the author think her 9－year－old daughter is most troubling of all?

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4．What does the author think of her husband going to Iraq?

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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “Don’t worry. One day your luck will change.”

I didn’t pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.

In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience. “Get to a small station and work for some time,” she said.

When I went back home, my dad told me that a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.

I felt really down. “Your luck will change,” Mum said to me. Later, I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone to work for him. As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer (播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded.

On my way home, Mum’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son.”

1.What was the writer’s ideal（理想的） job?

2.Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago? 

3.The sentence “I got turned down every time” means “　　　”.

4.The writer got a job 　　　 in the end.

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “Don’t worry. One day your luck will change.”
I didn’t pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience. “Get to a small station and work for some time,” she said.
When I went back home, my dad told me that a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. “Your luck will change,” Mum said to me. Later, I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone to work for him. As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer (播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded.
On my way home, Mum’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son.”
【小题1】What was the writer’s ideal（理想的） job?

People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 1 problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 2 ;they try to find a solution by trial and error. 3 ,when all of these methods 4 ,the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six 5 in analysing a problem.

　　6 the person must recognise that there is a problem. For example,Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 7 that there is a problem with his bicycle.

　　Next the person must 8 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 9 the parts that are wrong.

　　Now the person must look for 10 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 11solutions. For example, suppose Sam 12 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 13 he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, 14 his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

　　After 15 the problem, the person should have 16 suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 17, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.

　　In the end, one 18 seems to be the solution 19the problem. Sometimes the 20 idea comes quite 21 because the thinker suddenly sees something in a 22way. Sam ,for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum（口香糖） stuck to a brake. He 23 hits on the solution to his problem: he must 24 the brake.

　　Finally the solution is25. Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.

1. A serious                  B usual             C similar                        D common

2. A practice                 B thinking          C understanding            D help

3. A Besides                 B Instead           C Otherwise                  D However

4. A. fail                       B. work            C. change                     D. develop

5. A. ways                    B. conditions     C. stages                      D. orders

6. A. First                     B. Usually         C. In general                 D. Most importantly

7. A. explain                  B. prove           C. show                       D. see

8. A. judge                    B. find        C. describe                   D. face

9. A. check                   B. determine      C. correct               D. recover

10. A. answers             B. skills             C. explanation             D. information

11. A. possible              B. exact            C. real                     D. special

12. A. hopes                 B. argues          C. decides                     D. suggests

13. A. In other words          B. Once in a while

　 C. First of all                       D. At this time

14. A. look for              B. talk to           C. agree with                D. depende on

15. A. discussing                      B. settling down

C. comparing with          D. stuying

16. A. extra                   B. enough         C. several                     D. countless

17. A. secondly             B. again             C. also                     D. alone

18. A. suggestion          B. conclusion     C. decision                 D. discovery

19. A. with                   B. into        C. for                           D. to

20 A. next                     B. clear             C. final                         D. new

21. A. unexpectedly    B. late               C.clearly                 D. often

22. A. simple                 B. different       C. quick                       D. sudden

23 A. fortunately           B. easily            C. clearly                      D.immediately

24. A. clean                  B. separate        C. loosen                      D. remove

25. A. recorded             B. completed     C. tested                       D. accepeted