“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions(職業(yè)).” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 31 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 32 . Each of you will have to 33 someone in your field, plus an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I 34 print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 35 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some 36 ?” I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I was 37 , and I got my first big tip as a 38 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll 39 into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory 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 40 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t 41 me. They just reminded me how 42__ the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my 43 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 44 .
For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, 45 stories from murders to airplane 46 and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories 47 me and I realized that had it not been 48 Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get 49 all the time : “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher…” I always start out. I just hope I can have the chance to 50 her. She was a teacher who definitely changed my life.
31. A. cautious B. mad C. optimistic D. enthusiastic
32. A. universities B. families C. professions D. lives
33. A. interview B. describe C. admire D. face
34. A. considered B. rejected C. expected D. picked
35. A. hardly B. totally C. merely D. completely
36. A. preparation B. newspaper C. drink D. paper
37. A. reliable B. grateful C. terrified D. amazed
38. A. student B. journalist C. stranger D. writer
39. A. look B. turn C. break D. run
40. A. called B. remembered C. recognized D. evaluated
41. A. answer B. urge C. stop D. persuade
42. A. funny B. competitive C. ordinary D. mysterious
43. A. blood B. body C. life D. opinion
44. A. coming in B. coming out C. going up D. going on
45. A. creating B. recalling C. covering D. writing
46. A. flights B. crashes C. journeys D. schedules
47. A. hit B. caught C. impressed D. seized
48. A. for B. with C. of D. to
49. A. hurt B. realized C. adjusted D. asked
50. A. respect B. support C. thank D. envy
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When we finished lunch that day, Mrs. Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich.
Oh, I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my Mama that form now on I wanted tuna fish on Fridays. After my Mama understood why, she gladly fixed tuna fish for me on Friday. She even fixed it on brown bread because she knew Mrs. Amatuli liked brown bread.
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Mrs. Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time,I was getting ready to eat my same old tuna fish(金槍魚)sandwich and suddenly Mrs. Amatuli asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.
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C.The writer enjoyed it. | D.Most kids were fond of it. |
A.perfect | B.sweet | C.unpleasant | D.special |
A.It is hard to please all. |
B.Better to give than to receive. |
C.Love makes the world go around. |
D.The more you offer,the more you are rewarded. |
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I will never forget her for her compassion and generosity and what I should do is to follow her example.
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A.she was tired of cafeteria food
B.she hated getting in line with kids
C.she didn’t eat red meat on Friday
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A.It was terrific. B.It was terrible.
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A.perfect B.sweet C.unpleasant D.special
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You can understand my 41 when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always 42 about the cafeteria food but I was very 43 of them.
When we 44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to 45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn't care why, 46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious 47 so I was very quiet as she explained.
You 48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate 49 on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn't 50 to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays. 51 my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in 52 with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it 53 great to me!
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