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| Bobby Moresco grew up in a tough working-class neighborhood in Manhattan. The bright lights of Broadway 1 him when he was a teen. But if you were a kid from that neighborhood, you would become a(n) 2 , longshoreman (码头装卸工人) or criminal, not an actor. Bobby moved to Hollywood to study 3 . "My father said, 'Stop this 4 and get a job; you have a wife and a daughter.' I wasn't a good actor, but I had a 5 need to do something different with my life. It was important for me to keep working at my 6 career." In 1983 his brother Thomas was 7 . Bobby moved back and started writing as a way to explore the pain. Half-Deserted Streets, 8 his brother's killing,opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to 9 screenplay. 10 his reputation grew, he got 11 assignments to move back to Holly-wood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash 12 he met Paul, who wanted to write a film about the country 13 September 11. The two worked on the script, but every studio in town 14 . Bobby believed so 15 in the script that he borrowed money and sold his house to keep 16 it. At last the writers found a film producer who would take a 17 . In May 2005, Crash slipped into the theaters and became a smash hit (十分走红的电影). At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an 18 Success. "If you have something you want to do in 19 , don't think about the 20 ," he says, "think about the ways to get it done." | ||||
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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(回忆),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??
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(回忆),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??
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe（赛艇）racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe 1 was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man named Bill Havens.
As the 2 for the Olympics neared, it became clear that Bill’s wife would give 3 to their first child at about the same time, so Bill 4 himself in a dilemma（左右为难的困境）．Should he go to Paris or should he stay at home with his family and 5 about the Olympics? After all, competing in the Olympics was one of his lifelong 6 .
Bill, after a great deal of thinking, decided to withdraw from the competition.
7 it turned out, the United States four-man canoe team won the gold medal in Paris, and Bill’s wife was 8 in giving birth to their child. She was 9 late, in fact, that Bill could have 10 in the event and returned home in time.
It was a shame, but Bill said that he had no 11 . Bill knew what was most important to him and he 12 what he believed was best. Not everybody has the 13 of character to say no to something that he or she 14 wants in order to say yes to something that truly 15 .
There was a（n） 16 end to Bill’s story. The child 17 born to Bill and his wife was a boy whom they 18 Frank. Twenty-eight years later, in 1952, Bill 19 a telegram from Frank. It was sent from Helsinki, Finland, where the 1952 Olympics were being held. The telegram 20 :“Dad, I won. I’m bringing home the gold medal you lost the chance to win while waiting for me to be born.”
1．A．contest B．race C．sports D．game
2．A．year B．deadline C．time D．chance
3．A．birth B．baby C．help D．hand
4．A．found B．put C．thought D．trapped
5．A．expect B．compete C．comment D．forget
6．A．promises B．dreams C．journeys D．businesses
7．A．What B．As C．So D．That
8．A．early B．lucky C．late D．miserable
9．A．very B．too C．so D．much
10．A．taken B．finished C．fought D．competed
11．A．regrets B．advantages C．disappointments D．choices
12．A．did B．paid C．made D．lost
13．A．origin B．strength C．reason D．energy
14．A．apparently B．truly C．finally D．seemingly
15．A．wants B．needs C．values D．matters
16．A．expected B．annoying C．interesting D．disappointing
17．A．eventually B．fortunately C．actually D．initially
18．A．named B．marked C．expected D．indicated
19．A．sent B．accepted C．mailed D．received
20．A．showed B．read C．told D．noted
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