A newspaper reporter's job can be very interesting. He meets all kinds of people and lives quite life. He is on the rush for a newspaper all the time, then after several years he get a desk job，and life becomes a bit more settled.
In a day he may have to interview the prime minister of a foreign country, and the next day he may be writing a football match. Sometimes he may be so that he has hardly any time to sleep. And other times he may go on for days out for news，and yet return empty hands.
In the beginning，a reporter has to a very wide field. After the early years, he becomes more specialized (专门的)in his work. example，he may finally to write only on politics or sports. Some newspapers have book reviews. Their job is . They read the books and then write reviews on the ones they like. Then there are those write on films. So they get to see them even they are shown in the cinema. lucky, you would say!
A newspaper reporter's job can also be very A number of them have died rushing from one place to another and if there is a flood or a riot(暴乱)they may get or even be killed. Three years ago there was a reporter camera was broken by a group of men， they were angry with him for taking their pictures. Dangerous or not, one thing is certain，and that is, their job is never .
A．a happy B．an easy C．a busy D．a simple
A．must B．need C．has to D．may
A．to B．about C．down D．with
A．excited B．tired C．busy D．asleep
A．at B．in C．on D．from
A．looks B．looking C．looked D．be looking
A．by B．in C．of D．with
A．plough B．work C．cover D．develop
A．Take B．An C．Follow D．For
A．be agreed B．be asked C．be hoped D．be enjoyed
A．pleasing B．pleased C．hard D．easy
A．oldest B．newest C．earliest D．latest
A．that B．whom C．who D．which
A．after B．until C．unless D．before
A．What a B．How C．So D．Too
A．dangerous B．difficult C．exciting D．safe
A．hurting B．to hurt C．hurted D．hurt
A．that B．which C．whose D．whom
A．although B．since C．but D．because
A．unknown B．unable C．uninteresting D．successful
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After getting married I moved to a flat. I felt pretty comfortable living there something strange happened. I had a doll on the windowsill (窗台) facing the living room. One day, I came back home from work and found it was facing the window . I thought it was my husband who played a on me, but he did not admit. I the doll to face the living room again.
The next day, the thing happened. But this time, my husband was so that I believed he had not done that. There was no of anyone breaking into the house while we were away. And there was no reason to that someone stole into the house just to turn the doll and left. What happened not only us but also frightened us.
The doll kept turning every day Saturdays and Sundays when I was at home. I began to wonder if there was a ghost.
Then a school holiday, and I didn’t go to work. While exercising in the living room, I the doll was turning by itself! It was very frightening but I knew why it was turning. There was a construction site right next to the building where I . The construction was at the stage of pile driving (打桩) and our building shook with each pounding (重击). I lived on the top floor, the shaking was quite strong. , the doll moved little by little with the shaking. This also why the doll never turned on Saturdays and Sundays, there was no construction work at weekends. If I had not been home on a weekday, I would never have the truth.
A．after B．as C．once D．until
A．already B．indeed C．instead D．though
A．trick B．part C．danger D．role
A．changed B．forced C．pushed D．turned
A．other B．same C．whole D．opposite
A．serious B．curious C．anxious D．nervous
A．chance B．need C．sign D．way
A．admit B．think C．expect D．worry
A．confused B．excited C．warned D．interested
A．including B．besides C．without D．except
A．appeared B．came C．existed D．passed
A．decided B．remembered C．noticed D．hoped
A．immediately B．particularly C．originally D．secretly
A．worked B．exercised C．moved D．lived
A．quickly B．strongly C．slowly D．slightly
A．When B．Since C．Though D．Unless
A．By chance B．Above all C．As a result D．In the end
A．explained B．discussed C．described D．suggested
A．or B．if C．for D．so
A．looked into B．found out C．picked up D．searched for
More and more young women want to look beautiful. Young women’s desire to achieve the figure of a fashion model has an form of expression in the problem of anorexia nervosa(神经性厌食症). Anorexia nervosa is a(n) disorder which occurs largely among young girls; , it is also found among of the young women, and in some cases, among boys.
Anorexia nervosa is starvation attitudes toward food, and distorted(扭曲的) body image. they are often extremely thin, anorexic girls believe that they are fat and are on dieting. Their perceptions(理解) of their own bodies are very much distorted. They do not see themselves as thin but as fat. Most of anorexia lose 25 percent or more of their body fat. Anorexia also causes them to become . From five to six percent of anorexics actually die from starvation.
Anorexia, which means “without food”, seems to be quite among young girls, although it was __ a problem twenty years ago. The of Anorexia is not known. Researchers are trying to find out its but it is related to a psychological(心理的) need. One theory is that they want to becoming an adult, since starvation can down physical growth and the beginning of puberty(青春期). Another theory is that anorexia is related to refusal of the mother figure or to the daughter of an overly protective and controlling mother. By being anorexic, the girl shows her ability to at least one aspect of her own life.
In addition, researchers that the problem may result in a wrong body image---the ideal of female beauty of being very .
A．ordinary B．extreme C．interesting D．last
A．acting B．sleeping C．studying D．eating
A．however B．generally C．anyhow D．regularly
A．few B．all C．some D．none
A．brought by B．found in C．regarded as D．characterized by
A．Because B．When C．Although D．If
A．put B．held C．checked D．fixed
A．rather B．still C．further D．even
A．lovers B．victims C．women D．patients
A．anxious B．worried C．weak D．disappointed
A．ordinary B．common C．great D．often
A．hardly B．certainly C．hopefully D．exactly
A．medicine B．truth C．result D．cause
A．possibility B．opportunity C．necessity D．importance
A．enjoy B．imagine C．avoid D．risk
A．slow B．cut C．break D．turn
A．doing B．becoming C．turning D．being
A．control B．improve C．build D．instruct
A．advise B．note C．announce D．doubt
A．fat B．thin C．healthy D．weak
Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there lived a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, when he was asked for advice, the businessman for a while and then said, “I have no advice to give. The thing I can tell you is that the saver(救星) is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” they asked themselves. As they about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with respect. And thinking that each of themselves be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
As time went by, people coming to the restaurant that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s . They understood that it was they themselves that were the savers.
A．members B．waiters C．cooks D．customers
A．hoped B．decided C．allowed D．began
A．build B．change C．sell D．save
A．but B．and C．until D．so
A．rested B．laughed C．stopped D．wasted
A．least B．most C．simple D．only
A．hopefully B．angrily C．lively D．nervously
A．heard B．guessed C．worried D．thought
A．similar B．strange C．special D．strong
A．need B．might C．have to D．dare
A．recognized B．advised C．felt D．wished
A．what B．how C．when D．why
A．order B．bring C．help D．make
A．become B．controlled C．organized D．increased
A．advice B．methods C．words D．success
Scott and his four companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly , and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had to mark their way home. To make things , Evans, whom they had all thought of the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were pushed on at the best speed they could . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his feet; at night his feet swelled(肿胀) so large that he could put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him a few more miles, until it was time to put up the for another night.
The following morning, the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said, “I am just going outside and may be some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.
A．hit B．fought C．won D．beaten
A．growing B．putting C．planting D．laying
A．after B．until C．while D．before
A．safe B．fast C．short D．slow
A．rose B．set C．appeared D．disappeared
A．taken up B．cut up C．set up D．picked up
A．easier B．better C．bitter D．worse
A．to B．upon C．as D．in
A．battled B．struggled C．speeded D．waited
A．left B．lost C．defeated D．saved
A．manage B．try C．employ D．find
A．ached B．frozen C．harden D．harmed
A．hardly B．never C．seldom D．nearly
A．pain B．fear C．trouble D．danger
A．all others B．some others C．others D．the others
A．away B．with C．off D．on
A．bed B．tent C．blanket D．sleeping-bag
A．while B．since C．for D．once
A．missed B．separated C．passed D．gone
A．patiently B．lonely C．alone D．worriedly
I told her everything that had happened to me in Dr Webber's secret brain-research Lab (研究实验室), out on the other side of Crystal Town. I showed her the photos I had taken with a hidden micro-camera. I told her about my best friend－Plummet－who had with me. I told her how he was afraid to come to the police. She again.
"Don't you worry, Mr. Serge. You've got nothing to from us. If you can take us to this Research Lab, we will come with you and close the place down . This Dr Webber sounds very . "Her words were like music to my ears. I with relief（宽慰）. Twenty minutes later, we were on a boat, racing back across Piccadilly Lake, on our way back to the Research Lab, with six officers, all with nerve guns(神经枪).
The of Dr Webber being shot with a nerve gun and arrested made me very . －but I was also frightened. back to that place was the last thing I wanted to do. I suddenly felt very . I lay down in the back of the boat and watched the paraliders （滑翔机）and balloons by over head. They must have banned （禁止）motor vehicles from the London sky I was away.
It was much more up there. Better than the noisy jet－cars and helicopters （直升飞机）that used to block out the . My eyes closed and I fell asleep. I slept until I heard a voice in my ear.
"Serge! Wake up! "
It was Plummet, talking into my tiny（微型的） micro-radio. He had been me from the roof of a nearby tower-block.
" ! You're in trouble! "
A．quickly B．secretly C．excitedly D．frequently
A．escaped B．stayed C．suffered D．struggled
A．stopped B．cried C．rested D．smiled
A．fear（吓唬） B．ask C．keep D．steal
A．after all B．on time C．at last D．right now
A．interesting B．powerful C．dangerous D．strange
A．chatted B．sighted C．laughed D．said
A．research B．fishing C．travel D．police
A．covered B．armed C．carried D．brought
A．thought B．idea C．sight D．dream
A．sleepy B．surprised C．happy D．nervous
A．Walking B．Sailing C．Going D．Running
A．hopeless B．tired C．excited D．sick
A．flying B．passing C．moving D．floating
A．while B．because C．where D．since
A．peaceful B．beautiful C．gentle D．natural
A．Lab B．boat C．sky D．place
A．shouting B．whispering（低语） C．speaking D．sounding
A．calling B．watching C．following D．expecting
A．Hurry up B．Get up C．Wake up D．Look up