Question

 “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   26   . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   27  . Each of you will have to   28   someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This   29   I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him   30   able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

I shook my head.

“How about some   31   ?”

I shook my head again.

Finally, I thought he realized I was   32  , and I got my first big tip as a   33  . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   34   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   35   Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t   36   me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   37   all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me: it was in my blood.   38   gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   39  .

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,   40   stories from murders to airplane crashes and   41   choosing my strongest area.   42   I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been  43  Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get   44   all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could   45   her.

26. A. good               B. mad           C. careless        D. curious

27. A. university    B. family                  C. professions     D. life

28. A. interview     B. find out            C. admire                 D. learn from

29. A. expressed    B. ordered                 C. expected        D. meant

30. A. hardly       B. nearly                     C. naturally        D. eagerly

31. A. drink          B. newspapers     C. preparations     D. paper

32. A. satisfied     B. comfortable     C. terrified                 D. sorry

33. A. student      B. journalist                C. teacher       D. writer

34. A. research   B. books                     C. imagination      D. memory

35. A. called       B. recognized      C. remembered     D. visited

36. A. answer              B. promise                C. stop                      D. persuade

37. A. how           B. whether                 C. why              D. when

38. A. It   B. Virginia DeView  C. My parents       D. My oral report

39. A. breaking in        B. getting down    C. falling off               D. going on

40. A. making up        B. listening to              C. covering      D. writing

41. A. of course    B. finally                   C. doubtfully       D. above all

42. A. When  B. As long as             C. Once          D. On condition that

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

44. A. hurt                 B. excited                  C. disappointed     D. asked

45. A. respect      B. support           C. thank             D. favor

Answer 1

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