What made Joan Ryan decide to be a sports writer?“Ten years ago, I was ?　36　? news stories at the Orlando Sentinel in Florida—my first job ?　37　? college. I didn't know any female sports writers. But I wanted to be ?　38　?.?　39　?,the best writing in the paper was sports.”

“Furthermore, I had the ?　40　?.I grew up in a(n) ?　41　? family: Three boys and three girls and a coach for a dad.”?

Soon after describing her ambition to a coworker, the ?　42　? of her paper reassigned Joan to the sports ?　43　?.She started out by editing other people's stories,?　44　? within a year, she was writing her own sports column.?

Today, Joan is the sports ?　45　? for the San Francisco Examiner in California. When she ?　46　? her job eight years ago, she was the ?　47　? woman sports writer on any major American newspaper.

Was it tough to ?　48　? as a female sports writer??　49　?!Take, for example, the first time Joan tried to get an interview in the men's locker room. “It was the U.S. Football League. I wanted to interview one of the players—Joe Cribbs, because he had just broken a finger. As soon as I ?　50　? into the locker room ?　51　? all sports writers interview athletes—the room went ?　52　?.Guys started yelling at me—closing in on me. It was really frightening. One guy was sitting on a bench in front of me, tapping up his ankle,?　53　? a long-handled razor for cutting the tape. Suddenly, I felt something move up my leg. It was the ?　54　? of the razor. I yelled at him and walked out.”

Joan ?　55　? interviewing Cribbs—outside the locker room.“In retrospect(回憶),I feel this was a defining moment for me as a journalist. I went back and wrote my story and made my deadline. Now I know that nothing can interfere with getting the story.”?

36. A. writing B. finding       C. editing       D. sending?

37. A. in B. out of C. into    D. before?

38. A. one      B. the one       C. it D. that?

39. A. However     B. Therefore   C. Above all   D. First of all?

40. A. knowledge   B. experience  C. Background       D. interest?

41. A. big       B. athletic       C. athrete       D. warm?

42. A. editor   B. Manager     C. Director     D. workmate?

43. A. column B. field   C. department D. paper?

44. A. and      B. So      C. however     D. but?

45. A. columnist    B. writer C. journalist    D. female?

46. A. did       B. left     C. landed D. wanted?

47. A. abed     B. only    C. brave  D. wisest?

48. A. work    B. writer C. interview    D. pioneer?

49. A. You bet       B. You believe       C. Unbelievable     D. You guess?

50. A. stepped B. entered       C. rushed D. moved?

51. A. that      B. which C. where D. when?

52. A. warm   B. crazy  C. down  D. full?

53. A. held     B. playing      C. used    D. using?

54. A. cap      B. cover  C. handle D. movement?

55. A. started  B. ended up C. Made     D. wrote??

36-55 CBADC BACDA CBDAA CBDCB


解析:

36.C　根據(jù)上下文可推斷出：Joan開始是在報(bào)社編輯別人的故事。?

37.B　根據(jù)常識(shí)，這應(yīng)該是她走出大學(xué)后的第一份工作。?

38.A　根據(jù)后文描述可知：當(dāng)時(shí)還沒有在報(bào)社當(dāng)體育記者的女性，于是她想成為一位體育記者。one指代上文的writer。?

39.D　根據(jù)下文的furthermore的提示可知。?

40.C　根據(jù)下文的“家里有三男三女和教練父親”可推測出此處應(yīng)該是“背景”。?

41.B　這里指“作者成長在一個(gè)體育世家”。?

42.A　根據(jù)常識(shí)，在報(bào)社能夠給人重新分配工作到某部門的人應(yīng)該是主編editor。?

43.C　一家報(bào)社里包含很多負(fù)責(zé)具體板塊新聞的“部門”，此處考生容易誤選column,但column是指“報(bào)紙上的欄目”而不指“工作的場所”。?

44.D　根據(jù)后文的“她自己也寫專欄作品”可推知與上文的“編輯別人的文章”相反，應(yīng)為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。?

45.A　承接上文的“寫她自己的專欄作品”而成為“專欄作家”。?

46.C　land在此處表示“獲得(某物)”。?

47.B　根據(jù)短文的第一段所述：我不知道當(dāng)時(shí)有女性體育記者�？芍白髡邽槲ㄒ坏囊幻泽w育記者”。?

48.D　承接上文“作者是第一位女性體育記者”，本段是要說“當(dāng)女性體育記者的先鋒難嗎？”

49.A　考查英語習(xí)慣用法。You bet!意為“當(dāng)然!”。?

50.A　根據(jù)語境和常識(shí)，作者作為記者要采訪男衣物間的運(yùn)動(dòng)員應(yīng)該是不慌不忙走進(jìn)去的 。

51.C　考查定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞，先行詞locker room在定語從句中充當(dāng)狀語。?

52.B　根據(jù)下文的“又是向我叫喊又是向我靠近”說明整個(gè)房間變得“瘋狂”起來。?

53.D　此處應(yīng)填一個(gè)與“tapping up”并列而意義又要表示“使用(長柄剃須刀)”的詞。?

54.C　根據(jù)前后文語境“那些調(diào)皮的運(yùn)動(dòng)員用剃須刀的柄在女記者的腿上移動(dòng)”其目的是開玩笑嚇唬這位女記者。handle意為“柄，把手”。?

55.B　根據(jù)上文“女記者被嚇得跑出了房間”，最后只能是在房外結(jié)束采訪。

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