It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fif­teen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.

“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Ga­rage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Bar­ton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”

1.                A．favourite       B．funny          C．popular   D．lovely

2.                A．chance         B．time           C．seat D．spirit

3.                A．surely          B．obviously       C．normally  D．still

4.                A．stepped        B．climbed         C．looked   D．rushed

5.                A．observed       B．noticed         C．thought   D．suggested

6.                A．hated          B．liked           C．meant    D．promised

7.                A．a little          B．the same        C．a lot D．the bill

8.                A．cost           B．spent          C．took D．spared

9.                A．draw           B．pay            C．fix   D．force

10.               A．a woman       B．a man          C．a recorder D．a voice

11.               A．lose           B．leave          C．forget D．destroy

12.               A．trouble         B．worry          C．excuse    D．reason

13.               A．remember      B．see            C．do   D．drive

14.               A．mistake        B．joke           C．trick  D．truth

15.               A．look           B．come          C．show D．turn

One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked    1   for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had    2   there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man    3  see that the woman was at home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his    4 . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was   5  to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.

The following week the man was riding his bike    6 he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted(拾起) her hat and sent it into the branches(枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed   7  because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and   8  it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she   9  the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t  10  me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.

1.                A．out            B．up             C．down    D．around

2.                A．left            B．moved         C．waited   D．stopped

3.                A．could          B．might          C．couldn’t D．didn’t

4.                A．idea           B．plan           C．problem D．message

5.                A．hard           B．ready          C．slow D．unable

6.                A．when          B．before         C．after D．though

7.                A．bored          B．relaxed         C．frightened     D．worried

8.                A．dropped        B．put            C．collected D．brought

9.                A．saved          B．passed         C．studied   D．chose

10.               A．excuse         B．notice          C．find  D．believe

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor（主编） holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events（事件） of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.　　
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper's own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one's homework”.
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day's paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.　　
The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.　　
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing（印刷） the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered（发送） by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday's.　　
【小题1】What is the work in a newspaper office like?