“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 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future . Each of you will have to 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 I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.
“How about some ?”
I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I was , and I got my first big tip as a . “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 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 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me: it was in my blood. It gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, stories from murders to airplane crashes and choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been for Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I was all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could thank her.
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解析试题分析：文章讲述作者在老师的鼓励下，选择自己的未来的职业，并且取得了一些成绩。
【小题1】考查形容词辨析和句意理解。A. good好的，B. mad疯狂的，C. careless 粗心的， D. curious好奇的，根据上文的：The class seemed to be greatly surprised.可知老师肯定是疯了，所以选B。
【小题2】考查名词辨析和句意理解。A. universities大学，B. families 家庭，C. professions专业， D. lives生活，根据上文：we are going to discover our professions.可知你们都要寻找未来的职业，所以选C。
【小题3】考查动词辨析和句意理解。A. interview采访，B. please使…高兴，C. admire敬佩，羡慕，D. respect尊敬，根据下文：This 4 I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter.可知你们每个人都要采访你们这个职业的人，所以选A。
【小题4】考查动词辨析和句意理解。A. expressed表达，B. ordered命令，C. expected期待，D. meant意味着，根据上文：Finally, I picked print journalism.可知这意味着我要采访真蓝报纸的记者，所以选D。
【小题5】考查副词辨析和句意理解。A. hardly几乎不，B. nearly几乎，C. naturally自然地，D. eagerly渴望地，根据上文：I was extremely nervous可知我很紧张，几乎不能说话，所以选A。
【小题6】考查名词辨析和句意理解。A. drink饮料，B. newspapers 报纸，C. preparations准备，D. paper纸，根据下文：ever, never go anywhere without a pen and paper.可知记者问作者有没有带纸，所以选D。
【小题7】考查形容词辨析和句意理解。A. satisfied满意的，B. comfortable舒服的，C. terrified害怕的， D. sorry难过的，最后他意识到我害怕了，所以选C。
【小题8】考查名词辨析和句意理解。A. student学生，B. journalist 记者，C. teacher老师，D. writer作家，根据上文：I picked print journalism.可知作者得到了做记者的第一个重要的建议，所以选B。
【小题9】考查动词辨析和句意理解。A. called叫，B. recognized 认识，识别，C. remembered记得， D. visited参观，我想起Virginia DeView和13岁的做记者的愿望，所以选C。
【小题10】考查动词辨析和句意理解。A. answer回答，B. promise许诺，C. stop停止，阻止，D. persuade说服，根据下文：They just reminded me how competitive the field was可知父母没有阻止我，所以选C。
【小题11】考查疑问词辨析和句意理解。A. how怎样，B. whether是否，C. why为什么，D. when什么时候，他们只是提醒我这个领域是多么有竞争力，我的生活怎么从竞争中逃出来。所以选A。
【小题12】考查动词辨析和句意理解。A. breaking in闯入，B. getting down下来，C. falling off 落下， D. going on进行，它给了我自由可以朝陌生人走去问发生了什么.所以选D。
【小题13】考查动词辨析和句意理解。A. making制作，B. retelling复述，C. covering覆盖，D. writing写，根据上文：I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,可知我报道从谋杀到空难的故事，所以选C。
【小题14】考查副词辨析和句意理解。A. certainly 当然，B. finally最后，C. doubtfully怀疑地，D. completely完全地，最后我选择了最强大的地区，所以选B。
【小题15】考查形容词辨析和句意理解。A. hurt伤害，B. excited兴奋，C. disappointed失望，D. asked问，根据下文：“How did you pick journalism?”可知作者一直问自己，所以选D。
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