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【題目】I like writing; I like meeting people; I like discovering new things, then telling everyone about them; and I couldn’t keep a secret if you paid me. So I became a journalist.

I wrote for my school magazine, did unpaid work on my local paper, took a master’s degree, got a part-time job, and then became a full-time journalist.

Or at least that is what my resume would say; but the life of a journalist is more exciting than that---even if that excitement can come with a side of pain and frustration.

I have lost count of the numbers of e-mails I have had ignored. I have spent hours at meetings listening as hard as I could for a story---only to go home empty-handed.

Once I ran around knocking on doors in a dark, dangerous-looking street in the snow to find a woman who (my editor had told me) “woke at night to find water pouring on her head”. Somehow I found her. I took photos. I interviewed her, the building owner and the fireman. I wrote the story...then I opened the paper to find it at the back, which on name on it, only 100 words long.

Strangely, though, that challenge made me want to keep going. If you do succeed, the rewards of journalism are truly great.

I once wrote about an old people’s home where residents, including a 90-year-old blind man, were living in rooms that were full of fleas, and being told to do their own repairs. A week after the story was published, the residents phoned me, overjoyed. The managers had apologized and promised to change their ways.

Journalism can be dangerous and dull, and the pay (at least in the UK) is usually terrible. But it’s also one of the most thrilling, rewarding jobs around. For me, there is no better career than making a difference- and telling the world about it.

【1】What is the article mainly about?

A. Getting started in a career in journalism

B. The author’s colorful experiences as a journalist.

C. How you can be a good journalist.

D. Why life is easier for male journalist.

【2】According to the author, her frustration in her job often comes from_______.

A. unfair treatment

B. fruitless efforts

C. misunderstanding

D. danger and risks

【3】What deeply attracts the author as a journalist is that _______.

A. she gets to see her name printed

B. she earns a lot through writing fun stories

C. she can meet different people and hear their stories

D. she can help others and bring about changes in people’s lives

【4】From the article we can conclude that the author_______.

A. is not good at keeping secrets.

B. does not mind the challenges in her career.

C. is not appreciated by her editor.

D. is interested in exciting and dangerous work.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】 本文屬于故事類文章。文章主要講述作者喜歡記者這個職業(yè)，是因為她喜歡與人交往，喜歡發(fā)現(xiàn)新事物并分享給他人，喜歡幫助別人去改變人們的生活，雖然有挑戰(zhàn)但她卻不在意。

【1】B

主旨大意題。根據第一段的內容可知作者喜歡與人交往，喜歡發(fā)現(xiàn)新事物并把它分享給別人，這就是他作為記者的原因。 通過下文的描述可知作為記者的他生活豐富多彩，分析選項可知B項符合題意，故選B。

【2】B

推理判斷題。根據第三段“I have lost count of the numbers of e-mails I have had ignored. I have spent hours at meetings listening as hard as I could for a story---only to go home empty-handed.” 從中可推斷出自己的被忽略的電子郵件的數(shù)量。所寫的東西不被認可，只是空手回家。這是地在工作中所受的挫折。故選B項。

【3】D

主旨大意題。根據最后一段的最后一句“. For me, there is no better career than making a difference- and telling the world about it.”對我來說，沒有比對別人的生活有影響和把它分享給世人更好的事業(yè)了。由此可知這是最吸引她的地方了。分析選項可知D項（她能幫助別人給別人的生活帶來改變），故選D項。

【4】B

推理判斷題。根據第五段“Strangely, though, that challenge made me want to keep going. ” 奇怪的是，那個挑戰(zhàn)讓我想繼續(xù)前進。 分析可知，挑戰(zhàn)只能讓她繼續(xù)前進，由此可知她并不介意挑戰(zhàn)，分析選項可知，B項（不在意工作中的挑戰(zhàn)）符合題意，故選B。