完形填空（共20小題：每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
“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.
| 小題1: | | A．good | B．mad | C．careless | D．curious |
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| 小題2: | | A．university | B．family | C．professions | D．life |
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| 小題3: | | A．interview | B．find out | C．admire | D．learn from |
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| 小題4: | | A．expressed | B．ordered | C．expected | D．meant |
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| 小題5: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．naturally | D．eagerly |
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| 小題6: | | A．drink | B．newspapers | C．preparations | D．paper |
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| 小題7: | | A．satisfied | B．comfortable | C．terrified | D．sorry |
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| 小題8: | | A．student | B．journalist | C．teacher | D．writer |
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| 小題9: | | A．research | B．books | C．imagination | D．memory |
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| 小題10: | | A．called | B．recognized | C．remembered | D．visited |
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| 小題11: | | A．answer | B．promise | C．stop | D．persuade |
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| 小題12: | | A．how | B．whether | C．why | D．when |
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| 小題13: | | A．It | B．Virginia DeView | C．My parents | D．My oral report |
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| 小題14: | | A．breaking in | B．getting down | C．falling off | D．going on |
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| 小題15: | | A．making up | B．listening to | C．covering | D．writing |
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| 小題16: | | A．of course | B．finally | C．doubtfully | D．in all |
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| 小題17: | | A．When | B．As long as | C．Once | D．On condition |
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| 小題19: | | A．hurt | B．excited | C．disappointed | D．asked |
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| 小題20: | | A．respect | B．support | C．thank | D．favor |
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for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs and toast. Others had cakes and candy for lunch, while we had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids’. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
hers often become clearly defined when money enters the picture．You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends．But you’ll know him only when you ask to lend you some money．If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stranger than ever before．Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t．This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it．
