Question

If you need to interview someone for an article but you have never interviewed before, it can be frightening. Here are some tips for preparing for and conducting a successful interview.

1. If the person is a known author or speaker, take the time to read or listened to his/her work, or at least get familiar with his/her most recent or most important work. If the interview will cover events, review whatever is known publicly about those events..

Being a recording device(录音设备). You can use your phone or an audio recorder. In this way you needn’t struggle to write things down. 2. And this will make it easier to include direct quotes when you start writing.

Remember to make it a conversation rather than a list of questions. Prepared questions are just a guideline. 3.. You can also try to ask your interviewee about his/her personal thoughts and reactions to events and people they deal with.

Appropriate feedback(反馈) is also important. Feel free to say words that show you are listening, like “yeah” and “Mmmm”. 4. You can also give more facial feedback like smiling.

5. If the interviewee changes suddenly from one line of thought to another, lead them back to the area you are focusing on. Guide the interview but don’t keep interrupting with many questions.

A. Politely ask if you can interview them.

B. Do your homework before you pick up the phone.

C. Then you can focus all your attention on the interview.

D. Consider how all the questions can be asked in a short time.

E. Nodding your head can be an encouragement to the interviewee.

F. In order to get the information you need, you should guide the interview.

G. You can try to ask questions based on what they have said to you in previous responses.

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. G

4. E

5. F

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。如果你需要为一篇文章采访一个你从未采访过的人，这可能是可怕的。文章介绍了一些准备和成功面试的小贴士。

1.此空位于段落首句，相当于一个小标题。根据下文提示“如果这个人是知名作家或演说家，花点时间阅读或聆听他/她的作品，或至少熟悉他/她最近或最重要的作品。”由此推知，B项Do your homework before you pick up the phone.（拿起电话之前先做好功课。）切题。也就是说先对这个人做好充分的了解。故选B。

2.上文提示“你可以用你的电话或录音机。这样你就不必费力地写东西了。”承接上文，C项 Then you can focus all your attention on the interview.（然后你可以把所有的注意力集中在面试上。）切题。故选C。

3.下文提示“你也可以试着问问你的面试者他/她的个人想法和对事件和他们打交道的人的反应。”承接下文，G项You can try to ask questions based on what they have said to you in previous responses.（你可以试着根据他们之前的回答来提问。）切题。故选G。

4.下文提示“你也可以给予更多的面部反馈，比如微笑。”承接下文，E项Nodding your head can be an encouragement to the interviewee.（点头对面试者来说是一种鼓励。）切题。该项中的Nodding与下文的more facial feedback like smiling相吻合。故选E。

5.下文提示“如果面试者突然从一个思路转变到另一个思路，会把他们带回到你所关注的领域。” 承接上文，F项In order to get the information you need, you should guide the interview.（为了得到你需要的信息，你应该指导面试。）切题。故选F。