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“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 (口頭的) 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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         Finally, I thought he realized I was too 42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll  44  into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory 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  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

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文敘述了作者在13、14歲時, Virginia DeView老師讓他們去選擇未來的職業(yè),作者當時選擇的是一名記者,當他面對采訪對象時,他忘記了帶筆和紙,這時他意識到一名記者要隨身帶著筆和紙,作者長大后,當了一名記者,他突然感覺應該感謝他的老師。

1.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應。cautious謹慎的; mad瘋狂的; optimistic樂觀的; enthusiastic熱情的。老師一定瘋了吧,故選B。

2.考查名詞及上下文的呼應。universities大學; families家庭; professions職業(yè); lives生命。你們要尋找你們的未來職業(yè),故選C。

3.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。interview采訪,面試; describe描述; admire贊美; face面對。你們中的每一個人都必須給某人進行一次面試,故選A。

4.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。considered考慮; reject拒絕; expect期望,盼望; pick挑選,撿起。最后我挑選了印刷行業(yè)的一名記者,故選D。

5.考查副詞及上下文的呼應。hardly幾乎不; nearly幾乎; naturally自然地; eagerly熱切地。我坐在那個人的面前幾乎說不出話,故選A。

6.考查名詞及上下文的呼應。preparations準備; newspapers報紙; drink飲料; paper紙。你帶紙了嗎?,故選D。

7.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。reliable可靠的; grateful感謝的; tense緊張的; amazed吃驚的。最后我認為他是認為我是太緊張了,故選C。

8.考查名詞及上下文的呼應。student學生; journalist記者; candidate候選人; writer作者。我得到了一次大的建議作為一名記者無論去什么地方都應隨身帶著筆和紙,故選B。

9.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。look into調查; turn轉向; break休息; run跑。你從不知道你要調查什么,故選D。

10.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。call呼叫; remember記得; recognize認出; evaluate評估。我記得Virginia DeView老師在我13歲時我想當一名記者的愿望,故選B。

11.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。answer回答; urge催促; stop停止; persuade說服。我給我的父母打電話,他們沒有阻止我。故選C。

12.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應。funny滑稽的; competitive競爭的; ordinary平凡的; mysterious神秘的。他們提醒我這個領域具有競爭性,故選B。

13.考查名詞及上下文的呼應。blood血; body身體; life生活; opinion觀點。In my bloodA

14.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。coming in         B.coming out C.going up      D.going onD

15.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。creating創(chuàng)造; recalling喚醒; covering覆蓋; writing寫。在過去的50年里我有了最讓人滿意的事業(yè),包括報道了從故事到飛機失事,故選C。

16.考查名詞及上下文的呼應。flights飛行; crashes墜毀; budgets預算; schedules計劃。在過去的50年里我有了最讓人滿意的事業(yè),包括報道了從故事到飛機失事,故選B。

17.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。hit打擊; catch抓; impress給人印象; seize抓住。一天當我拿起電話時,我想起來一個驚人的記憶,故選A。

18.考查介詞及上下文的呼應。這里是虛擬語氣,要不是Virginia DeView老師,我今天不會坐在這個辦公桌前,故選A。

19.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。hurt受傷; realize意識到; adjust調節(jié); ask問。我一直被問“你為什么會選擇這個職業(yè)”,故選D。

20.考查動詞及上下文的呼應。respect尊敬; support支持; thank感謝; envy嫉妒。我多么希望我能感謝她,故選C。

考點:故事類短文。

點評:看清上下文,找準定位詞。充分利用文章的上下文和前后句,找到對選擇有提示作用的詞或句。這些詞有時可能是同義詞或反義詞。注意固定的搭配,包括動詞與介詞的搭配、動詞與名詞的搭配以及形容詞與名詞的搭配等,同時要根據(jù)內容選擇正確的短語,有時用已了解的生活常識來確定答案。

 

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