TV and newspaper reporters often go out to find and report news to the rest of the world. Their work is admirable, but sometimes their work is __1__. Reporters usually take __2__ with them if they want to get some film of events and places when they report live on TV. Live reports are those in which reporters talk to the person __3__ the news and are __4__right at the moment of speaking on TV.

Mark Tailor, an Australian reporter, gave a live report on TV __5__ the other day from Strakkan just after the President had made __6__ that the parliament(议会)had been stopped. __7__, shortly before giving his live report, his life had been in danger. The situation had been reasonably calm but he had got caught up in some ugly scenes and a nasty __8__ happened just outside the parliament building. Crowds of people rushed out onto the street, and some were __9__ the President, but some were against. The crowd outside the parliament building was quiet and __10__ at first, but then someone threw a fire bomb and __11__ broke out.

__12__ Mark Tailor's cameraman started filming people who were protesting against the President, the crowd got __13__. It would have been all right perhaps if he hadn't been among the crowd, but they __14__ him and broke his camera. Mark Tailor himself got __15__ to the ground when he went to help his cameraman. He lay __16__ because he thought the crowd would have killed him if he had tried to get up. __17__ for him, a big policeman appeared and the crowd __18__. He and the cameraman were able to get away __19__. If it hadn't been for the policeman just then, Mark Tailor probably wouldn't have given his report and it would have been a very __20__ story.

1. A. wonderful B. dangerous C. exciting D. interesting

2. A. assistants B. cameras C. films D. cameramen

3. A. listening to B. hearing C. presenting D. giving

4. A. reported B. filmed C. recorded D. written

5. A. news B. play C. sports D. scenery

6. A. a chat show B. a conversation C. a live note D. an announcement

7. A. In the end B. However C. After all D. Therefore

8. A. accident B. event C. story D. meeting

9. A. for B. with C. after D. by

10. A. prevented B. stopped C. controlled D. watched

11. A. the quarrel B. arguing C. a fire D. fighting

12. A. Since B. As long as C. While D. When

13. A. angry B. frightened C. curious D. excited

14. A. found B. robbed C. attacked D. shot

15. A. knocked B. caught C. laid D. killed

16. A. very calm B. peaceful C. very still D. wounded

17. A. Astonishingly B. Curiously C. Terribly D. Fortunately

18. A. shouted B. backed off C. gathered D. turned back

19. A. unnoticed B. uninjured C. unprepared D. unpunished

20. A. surprising B. exciting C. different D. happy

Anyone who intends to pass the test by cheating won’t go______.

A. without punishing              B. unpunish

C. unpunished                       D. to be unpunished

_______ the child has been so rude to us, we shouldn’t _______ him unpunished.

A. As, give             B. As if, let              C. Since that, go                 D. Now that, leave