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 “Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions（職業(yè)）.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be   31  . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   32  . Each of you will have to   33   someone in your field, plus an oral report.”

       Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I   34   print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him   35   able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some   36  ?” I shook my head again.

       Finally, I thought he realized I was   37  , and I got my first big tip as a   38  . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll   39   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   40   Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t   41   me. They just reminded me how   42__ 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   43  . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   44  .

       For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,   45   stories from murders to airplane   46   and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories   47   me and I realized that had it not been   48   Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

       I get   49   all the time : “How did you pick journalism?”

       “Well, you see, there was this teacher…” I always start out. I just hope I can have the chance to   50   her. She was a teacher who definitely changed my life.

31. A. cautious                 B. mad                      C. optimistic              D. enthusiastic

32. A. universities             B. families                 C. professions           D. lives

33. A. interview                B. describe                C. admire                  D. face

34. A. considered              B. rejected                 C. expected               D. picked

35. A. hardly                    B. totally                   C. merely                  D. completely

36. A. preparation             B. newspaper            C. drink                    D. paper

37. A. reliable                   B. grateful                 C. terrified                D. amazed

38. A. student                   B. journalist               C. stranger                D. writer

39. A. look                       B. turn                      C. break                    D. run

40. A. called                     B. remembered          C. recognized            D. evaluated

41. A. answer                   B. urge                     C. stop                     D. persuade

42. A. funny                     B. competitive           C. ordinary                D. mysterious

43. A. blood                     B. body                     C. life                       D. opinion

44. A. coming in               B. coming out            C. going up               D. going on

45. A. creating                  B. recalling                C. covering               D. writing

46. A. flights                    B. crashes                 C. journeys               D. schedules

47. A. hit                          B. caught                  C. impressed             D. seized

48. A. for                         B. with                     C. of                        D. to

49. A. hurt                       B. realized                 C. adjusted                D. asked

50. A. respect                   B. support                 C. thank                    D. envy

Answer 1

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