What made Joan Ryan decide to be a sports writer?“Ten years ago, I was ?　36　? news stories at the Orlando Sentinel in Florida—my first job ?　37　? college. I didn't know any female sports writers. But I wanted to be ?　38　?.?　39　?,the best writing in the paper was sports.”

“Furthermore, I had the ?　40　?.I grew up in a(n) ?　41　? family: Three boys and three girls and a coach for a dad.”?

Soon after describing her ambition to a coworker, the ?　42　? of her paper reassigned Joan to the sports ?　43　?.She started out by editing other people's stories,?　44　? within a year, she was writing her own sports column.?

Today, Joan is the sports ?　45　? for the San Francisco Examiner in California. When she ?　46　? her job eight years ago, she was the ?　47　? woman sports writer on any major American newspaper.

Was it tough to ?　48　? as a female sports writer??　49　?!Take, for example, the first time Joan tried to get an interview in the men's locker room. “It was the U.S. Football League. I wanted to interview one of the players—Joe Cribbs, because he had just broken a finger. As soon as I ?　50　? into the locker room ?　51　? all sports writers interview athletes—the room went ?　52　?.Guys started yelling at me—closing in on me. It was really frightening. One guy was sitting on a bench in front of me, tapping up his ankle,?　53　? a long-handled razor for cutting the tape. Suddenly, I felt something move up my leg. It was the ?　54　? of the razor. I yelled at him and walked out.”

Joan ?　55　? interviewing Cribbs—outside the locker room.“In retrospect(回忆),I feel this was a defining moment for me as a journalist. I went back and wrote my story and made my deadline. Now I know that nothing can interfere with getting the story.”?

36. A. writing B. finding       C. editing       D. sending?

37. A. in B. out of C. into    D. before?

38. A. one      B. the one       C. it D. that?

39. A. However     B. Therefore   C. Above all   D. First of all?

40. A. knowledge   B. experience  C. Background       D. interest?

41. A. big       B. athletic       C. athrete       D. warm?

42. A. editor   B. Manager     C. Director     D. workmate?

43. A. column B. field   C. department D. paper?

44. A. and      B. So      C. however     D. but?

45. A. columnist    B. writer C. journalist    D. female?

46. A. did       B. left     C. landed D. wanted?

47. A. abed     B. only    C. brave  D. wisest?

48. A. work    B. writer C. interview    D. pioneer?

49. A. You bet       B. You believe       C. Unbelievable     D. You guess?

50. A. stepped B. entered       C. rushed D. moved?

51. A. that      B. which C. where D. when?

52. A. warm   B. crazy  C. down  D. full?

53. A. held     B. playing      C. used    D. using?

54. A. cap      B. cover  C. handle D. movement?

55. A. started  B. ended up C. Made     D. wrote??

—Did you remember to give Jenny the money?

　　　　—Yes. ________ I saw her, I'm sure.

　　A. So long as　　　　　　　　　　 B. So far as

C. The moment　　　　　　　　　 D. Any time

----Young people shouldn’t always change their jobs.

　　 -----_____________. Young people should seek for more challenges.

A．It’s all the same to me.	B．You have a point there.
C．That’s not the way I see it.	D．I believe so.

 

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　　I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla. ___1___ the time I was eight I was helping dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I ___2___ out of old boards.

　　I got my frist ___3__ job, at JM's Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibilities（职责）were ___4___ tables and washing dishes, ___5___ sometimes I helped cook.

　　Every day after school I would ___6___ to JM's and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I ___7___ from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and ___8___ my friends run off to swim or play. I didn't necessarily like work, but I loved what working ___9___ me to have. Because of my ___10___ I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me ___11___.

　　Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working ___12___ around town. A local clothing store offered me credit（赊账） ___13___ I was only in seventh grade. I immediately ___14___ a $ 68 sports coat and a $ 22 pair of shoes. I was ___15___ only 63 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $ 90! So I learned ___16___ the danger of easy credit. I paid it ___17___ as soon as I could.

　　My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a___18___of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced. As my father, ___19___ worked three jobs, once told me,“If you ___20___ sacrifice（奉献）and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can't have.” How right he was.