Question

  [2016届保定市高二下学期周练] I want to become a journalist and I wonder what makes a good journalist. In or?der to find the answer,I talked to Mary Harte who worked with the BBC for over 20 years as a journalist.

  "You've got to have the interest. If you don't like it,you will not persist because journalism is a very difficult job " Mary said.

  Out of experience Mary told me that it was very important for a journalist to watch and talk to people. She said, "What a journalist does is painting a little picture of a story. The information has to be accurate. Therefore,you really have to be watching and listening.”

  Mary also emphasized(强调) the importance of expe?rience. "It is important to collect as many skills as possi?ble to be able to stand out of the crowd. A lot of the skills come from experience,so you won't walk in the street and be a good journalist. You will be a good journalist because you've done it long enough," she said.

  Mary said, " You will not get a job handed to you. You will have to be prepared to put in long hours;you will have to be prepared to ring people, and you will have to be prepared to have no money for quite a while. In a word,you will have to work hard for it. Then it gets to the stage where you love your job and you think ⁱ Why is somebody paying me to do something that I really love?"' From what an experienced journalist said,I learn that it is not just about the skills,but also the passion required to work in the field of journalism.

14. The underlined part "not persist" in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by "      ".

   A. stay up   B. stand out

   C. give up   D. keep up 

15.In Paragraph 2,Mary Harte mainly tells us that      .

   A. being a journalist is interesting

   B. journalists will face a lot of difficulties

   C. the author must be fond of journalism

   D. many people give up journalism 

16.According to Paragraph 3,Mary Harte thinks that it is important to      .

   A. get accurate information through talking and watching

   B. watch what other journalists do to make a won?derful story

   C. talk to people about how they want their stories to be written

   D. add as much information to a story as possible to make it funny 

17.By saying "You will not get a job handed to you" in Para?graph 5,Mary Harte means the author "     

   A. will not become a journalist

   B. will have to work hard for the job

   C. will not get any help from others

   D. will get tired of being a journalist soon

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇说明文。文章主要通过采访的形式来告诉读著如何成为一名好记者。

14. C词义猜测题。根据第二段可知，记者是一份艰难的职业，如果你不喜欢它的话，你就会很容易放弃，故答案为C.

15. C段落大意题。第二段的主要意思是"做记者这一行业必须要有对它的兴趣"。故答案为。。 16. A推理判断题。根据第三段中的"…it was very important for a journalist to watch and talk to people."以及"The infor?mation has to be accurate."可知，观察并与人交谈并且从中获取准确的信息对一个记者来说是非常重要的。故答案为A.

17. B推理判断题。根据第五段中的"In a word,you will have to work hard for it."可知，你得努力才能做好这份工作。故答案为B.