Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This 4 I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 5 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.
“How about some 6 ?”
I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I was 7 , and I got my first big tip as a 8 . “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 9 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 10 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t 11 me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and 12 all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. 13 gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 14 .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, 15 stories from murders to airplane crashes and 16 choosing my strongest area. 17 I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been 18 Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get 19 all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could 20 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. above all
17. A. When B. As long as C. Once D. On condition that
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
答案：
1~5 BCADA 6~10 DCBDC 11~15 CAADC 16~20 BAADC
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