Question

    I wanted to be a journalist when I was 12 years old. I used to sit in front of the TV in my family’s living room, imitating what the presenters said on the morning shows. I knew one day I would move to New York City to work in television.

So when I got a job at one of the three big networks in New York at the age of 24, I was elated. This was where I had always wanted to be. I spent the next 12 years in a variety of roles at the same company. I had the perfect arrangement that most people thought - a job for life. “You're so lucky” was what I heard over and over again. And I was.

But I also started to notice cracks (裂缝) in the media world I had come to love so much. A new kind of competition cropped up in the form of social media and new digital media. News was changing. I knew I couldn't stay where I was; I must accept the change and be part of creating it. When I told my colleagues that I was thinking about leaving the network and going to work at an online start-up, I got a lot of crazy looks. “Why would you make such a risky move?” “What if it fails?” “You can’t be seriously considering this.”

I didn't listen to their advice because I knew not every good experience is defined(定义) by success or failure. Sometimes it’s about running the risk pushing the limits and having faith in an idea. What would the world be like today if we only acted when we could see the outcome?

Our new online company, Huffpost Live, has been on the air for several months and is doing amazingly well. I didn't listen when people told me to take the safe route. I’m proud that I didn't take the advice of the so-called experts and chose to make the change.

1.What does the underlined word “elated” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Surprised. B.Worried.

C.Excited. D.Confident.

2.Why did the author leave her previous job?

A.The boredom in the media industry. B.The rapid development of new media.

C.The bad relationship with her colleagues. D.The large amount of work in the company.

3.What can we infer about the author?

A.She had no experience of failure. B.She didn't mind what others said.

C.She acted after knowing the outcome. D.She had a better understanding of success.

4.What did the author think of her decision?

A.She wasn't sure of that. B.She had taken great risks.

C.She felt regret about that. D.She made a right decision.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。主要记叙了作者从小想要成为一名记者，后来终于在纽约三大电视网其中一家公司找到了一份工作。然而随着新媒体的出现，作者意识到自己必须做出改变，于是不顾他人看法，从公司辞职创立了自己的在线公司。作者觉得自己做了对的决定。

1.词义猜测题。根据后文This was where I had always wanted to be.可知纽约三大电视网其中一家公司是作者一直想去的地方，因此在这里找到一份工作时，作者非常激动。由此可知，划线单词意思为“激动的”。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中A new kind of competition cropped up in the form of social media and new digital media. News was changing. I knew I couldn't stay where I was; I must accept the change and be part of creating it.可知一种新的竞争以社交媒体和新的数字媒体的形式出现。新闻在变。我知道我不能呆在原地，我必须接受改变，参与创造。由此可知，作者离开她以前的工作是因为新媒体的快速发展。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段第一句I didn't listen to their advice because I knew not every good experience is defined by success or failure.可知我没有听取他们的建议，因为我知道不是每一次好的经历都是以成功或失败来定义的。由此可推知，作者并不介意别人说什么。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中I’m proud that I didn't take the advice of the so-called experts and chose to make the change.可知我很自豪我没有采纳所谓专家的建议，而是选择做出改变。由此可推知，作者认为她做了一个正确的决定。故选D。