完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are g
oing 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 newspap
er 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__V
irg
inia 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.
| 小题1: | | A．good | B．mad | C．careless | D．curious |
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| 小题2: | | A．university | B．family | C．professions | D．life |
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| 小题3: | | A．interview | B．find out | C．admire | D．learn from |
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| 小题4: | | A．expressed | B．ordered | C．expected | D．meant |
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| 小题5: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．naturally | D．eagerly |
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| 小题6: | | A．drink | B．newspapers | C．preparations | D．paper |
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| 小题7: | | A．satisfied | B．comfortable | C．terrified | D．sorry |
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| 小题8: | | A．student | B．journalist | C．teacher | D．writer |
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| 小题9: | | A．research | B．books | C．imagination | D．memory |
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| 小题10: | | A．called | B．recognized | C．remembered | D．visited |
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| 小题11: | | A．answer | B．promise | C．stop | D．persuade |
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| 小题12: | | A．how | B．whether | C．why | D．when |
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| 小题13: | | A．It | B．Virginia DeView | C．My parents | D．My oral report |
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| 小题14: | | A．breaking in | B．getting down | C．falling off | D．going on |
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| 小题15: | | A．making up | B．listening to | C．covering | D．writing |
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| 小题16: | | A．of course | B．finally | C．doubtfully | D．in all |
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| 小题17: | | A．When | B．As long as | C．Once | D．On condition |
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| 小题19: | | A．hurt | B．excited | C．disappointed | D．asked |
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| 小题20: | | A．respect | B．support | C．thank | D．favor |
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