43. A. scenes　　　　　　 　 B. passages　　　　 　 C. stories 　　　　　　 D. contents

　 在报纸上报道的事情或经历常用story表示

42. A. bring　　　　　　 B. show　　　　 　　C. take　　　　　　 　　 D. make

　 bring sth to把……带给. show出示, take拿到, make制造。

41. A. injured　　　　　 　 B. buried　　　　　 　 C. defeated　　　　 　 D. saved

　 由文章可知，战地记者的工作是非常危险的，甚至会受伤或被打死。

40. A. stay　　　　　　　 　 B. fight　　　　　 　　 C. war　　　　　　 　　 D. life

　前面讲战地记者，因此这里说的是前南斯拉夫战争

39. A. dangerous　　　　 　 B. exciting　　　　 　 C. normal　　　　　 　 D. disappointing

　 后面讲了28个记者和摄影师死在战场上，因此，战地记者的工作是很危险的

38. A. producers　　　　 B. viewers　 　　　　　　 C. directors　　　　 　 D. actors

　对电视观众作介绍，用viewer， producer制片人，director导演，actor演员

37. A. crowd　　　　　　 　 B. house　　　　　 　C. battlefield　　　 　 D. camera

　依据 You are telling the TV viewers 可知，你是站在电视摄像机前。

36. A. simply　　　 　　　B. really　　　　 　　C. merely　　　　　 　　 D. even

上文说，你在前线，你不是战士，所以下文的意思应该是：“甚至没有枪”

36.DDBAC　　 41.AACBD　　 　　46.DACBA　　 51.CDBCB　

55. 　A. nice 　　　　　 B. friendly 　　　　　 C. fresh 　　　　　　 D.　happy

　 可是当女儿回来时，Demeter自然高兴，这一时间就是春天，庄稼开始生长。

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You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren't a soldier. You aren't　 　36 　carrying a gun.You're standing in front of a 　37 　and you're telling the TV　 　38 　what is happening.

　　　 It ' s all in a day ' s work for a war reporter , and it can be very　 　39 　. In the first two years of the

　 　40 　in former Yugoslavia (前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were　 　41 　　What kind of people put themselves in danger to 　42 　pictures to our TV screens and 　43 　to our newspapers? Why do they do it?

　　　 "I think it's every young journalist's 　44 　to be a foreign reporter," says Michael Nicholson, "that's 　45 　you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 　46　 it is a war."

　　　 But there are moments of　 　47 　. Jeremy Bowen says, "Yes, when you' re lying on the ground and bullets (子弹) are flying　 　48　 　your ears, you think:' What am I doing here? I'm not going to do this again. ' But that feeling　 　49 　after a while and when the next war starts, you'll be　 　50 　"

　　　 "None of us believes that we' re going to　 　51 　," adds Michael. But he always　 　52 　a lucky charm (护身符) with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It's a card which says "Take care of yourself." Does he ever think about dying? "Oh,　 　53 　, and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, 'If you get me out of this, I　 　54 　　I'll never do it again. ' You can almost hear God　 55 　, because you know he doesn't believe you."

本文讲述了战地记者在战场上所遇到的各种艰难和危险并且描述了他们的思想斗争的情况。