“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed 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, and give an oral (口头的) report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I
39 print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a 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 too
42 , and I got my first big tip as a
43 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll
44 into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory 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
47 the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my
48 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was
49 .
For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,
50 stories from murders to airplane
51 and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories
52 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 this teacher…” I always start out. I just wish I could
55 her.
| 小题1: | | A．cautious | B．mad | C．optimistic | D．enthusiastic |
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| 小题2: | | A．universities | B．families | C．professions | D．lives |
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| 小题3: | | A．interview | B．describe | C．admire | D．face |
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| 小题4: | | A．considered | B．rejected | C．expected | D．picked |
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| 小题5: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．naturally | D．eagerly |
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| 小题6: | | A．preparations | B．newspapers | C．drink | D．paper |
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| 小题7: | | A．reliable | B．grateful | C．tense | D．amazed |
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| 小题8: | | A．student | B．journalist | C．candidate | D．writer |
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| 小题9: | | A．look | B．turn | C．break | D．run |
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| 小题10: | | A．called | B．remembered | C．recognized | D．evaluated |
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| 小题11: | | A．answer | B．urge | C．stop | D．persuade |
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| 小题12: | | A．funny | B．competitive | C．ordinary | D．mysterious |
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| 小题13: | | A．blood | B．body | C．life | D．opinion |
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| 小题14: | | A．coming in | B．coming out | C．going up | D．going on |
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| 小题15: | | A．creating | B．recalling | C．covering | D．writing |
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| 小题16: | | A．flights | B．crashes | C．budgets | D．schedules |
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| 小题17: | | A．hit | B．caught | C．impressed | D．seized |
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| 小题19: | | A．hurt | B．realized | C．adjusted | D．asked |
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| 小题20: | | A．respect | B．support | C．thank | D．envy |
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