Question

【题目】I like writing; I like meeting people; I like discovering new things, then telling everyone about them; and I couldn’t keep a secret if you paid me. So I became a journalist.

I wrote for my school magazine, did unpaid work on my local paper, took a master’s degree, got a part-time job, and then became a full-time journalist.

Or at least that is what my resume would say; but the life of a journalist is more exciting than that---even if that excitement can come with a side of pain and frustration.

I have lost count of the numbers of e-mails I have had ignored. I have spent hours at meetings listening as hard as I could for a story---only to go home empty-handed.

Once I ran around knocking on doors in a dark, dangerous-looking street in the snow to find a woman who (my editor had told me) “woke at night to find water pouring on her head”. Somehow I found her. I took photos. I interviewed her, the building owner and the fireman. I wrote the story...then I opened the paper to find it at the back, which on name on it, only 100 words long.

Strangely, though, that challenge made me want to keep going. If you do succeed, the rewards of journalism are truly great.

I once wrote about an old people’s home where residents, including a 90-year-old blind man, were living in rooms that were full of fleas, and being told to do their own repairs. A week after the story was published, the residents phoned me, overjoyed. The managers had apologized and promised to change their ways.

Journalism can be dangerous and dull, and the pay (at least in the UK) is usually terrible. But it’s also one of the most thrilling, rewarding jobs around. For me, there is no better career than making a difference- and telling the world about it.

【1】What is the article mainly about?

A. Getting started in a career in journalism

B. The author’s colorful experiences as a journalist.

C. How you can be a good journalist.

D. Why life is easier for male journalist.

【2】According to the author, her frustration in her job often comes from_______.

A. unfair treatment

B. fruitless efforts

C. misunderstanding

D. danger and risks

【3】What deeply attracts the author as a journalist is that _______.

A. she gets to see her name printed

B. she earns a lot through writing fun stories

C. she can meet different people and hear their stories

D. she can help others and bring about changes in people’s lives

【4】From the article we can conclude that the author_______.

A. is not good at keeping secrets.

B. does not mind the challenges in her career.

C. is not appreciated by her editor.

D. is interested in exciting and dangerous work.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】 本文属于故事类文章。文章主要讲述作者喜欢记者这个职业，是因为她喜欢与人交往，喜欢发现新事物并分享给他人，喜欢帮助别人去改变人们的生活，虽然有挑战但她却不在意。

【1】B

主旨大意题。根据第一段的内容可知作者喜欢与人交往，喜欢发现新事物并把它分享给别人，这就是他作为记者的原因。 通过下文的描述可知作为记者的他生活丰富多彩，分析选项可知B项符合题意，故选B。

【2】B

推理判断题。根据第三段“I have lost count of the numbers of e-mails I have had ignored. I have spent hours at meetings listening as hard as I could for a story---only to go home empty-handed.” 从中可推断出自己的被忽略的电子邮件的数量。所写的东西不被认可，只是空手回家。这是地在工作中所受的挫折。故选B项。

【3】D

主旨大意题。根据最后一段的最后一句“. For me, there is no better career than making a difference- and telling the world about it.”对我来说，没有比对别人的生活有影响和把它分享给世人更好的事业了。由此可知这是最吸引她的地方了。分析选项可知D项（她能帮助别人给别人的生活带来改变），故选D项。

【4】B

推理判断题。根据第五段“Strangely, though, that challenge made me want to keep going. ” 奇怪的是，那个挑战让我想继续前进。 分析可知，挑战只能让她继续前进，由此可知她并不介意挑战，分析选项可知，B项（不在意工作中的挑战）符合题意，故选B。