Question

完形填空（共20小題：每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

     閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

“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       

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】略