“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.
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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.
1.A.cautious B.mad C.optimistic D.enthusiastic
2.A.universities B.families C.professions D.lives
3.A.interview B.describe C.admire D.face
4.A.considered B.rejected C.expected D.picked
5.A.hardly B.nearly C.naturally D.eagerly
6.A.preparationsB.newspapers C.drink D.paper
7.A.reliable B.grateful C.tense D.amazed
8.A.student B.journalist C.candidate D.writer
9.A.look B.turn C.break D.run
10.A.called B.remembered C.recognized D.evaluated
11.A.answer B.urge C.stop D.persuade
12.A.funny B.competitiveC.ordinary D.mysterious
13.A.blood B.body C.life D.opinion
14.A.coming in B.coming out C.going up D.going on
15.A.creating B.recalling C.covering D.writing
16.A.flights B.crashes C.budgets D.schedules
17.A.hit B.caught C.impressed D.seized
18.A.for B.with C.of D.to
19.A.hurt B.realized C.adjusted D.asked
20.A.respect B.support C.thank D.envy
It was from only a few supplies that she had bought in the village ______the hostess cooked such a nice dinner
A. where B. that C. when D. which.
The children all turned ____ the famous actress as she entered the classroom.
A. looked at B. to look at C. to looking at D. look at
--Do you enjoy your present job?
--____________. I just do it for a living.
A. Of course B. Not really C. Not likely D. Not a little
It seems as if she has forgotten all about her ambition now she made it hers to make a bit of progress every day when school started.
A. while B. despite C. though D. unless
After studying in a medical college for five years, John _______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.
A. set out B. took up C. set up D. set off