“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.
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.a(chǎn)dmire
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.a(chǎn)mazed
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.a(chǎn)nswer
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.a(chǎn)djusted D.a(chǎn)sked
20.A.respect B.support C.thank
D.envy