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問題詳情:
You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells (**)are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t 36 carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a 37 and you’re telling the TV 38 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 39 . In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia(前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 41 .
What kind of people put themselves in danger to 42 picture s to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 44 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 45 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 46 it is a war.”
But there are moments of 47 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets(子*)are flying 48 your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 49 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 50 .” “None of us believes that we’re going to 51 ” adds Michael. But he always 52 a lucky charm(護身符)with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53 , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I 54 I’ll never do it again.’ You can
almost hear God 55 , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
34. A. really B. simply C. merely D. even
35. A. battlefield B. crowd C. camera D. house
36. A. directors B. producers C. actors D. viewers
37. A. depressing B. disappointing C. dangerous D. endangered
38. A. life B. stay C. war D. fight
39. A. buried B. defeated C. wounded D. beaten
40. A. take B. bring C. make D. show
41. A. stories B. scenes C. passages D. contents
42. A. faith B. nightmare C. dream D. duty
43. A. how B. why C. where D. because
44. A. even if B. as if C. even so D. ever since
45. A. fear B. surprise C. sadness D. shame
46. A. past B. into C. through D. around
47. A. occurs B. returns C. goes D. continues
48. A. away B. out C. home D. there
49. A. die B. leave C. remain D. escape
50. A. wears B. carries C. hangs D. holds
51. A. seldom B. never C. many times D. some time
52. A. consider B. promise C. guess D. accept
53. A. screaming B. laughing C. crying D. whispering
【回答】
B
知識點:人物傳記 故事閲讀類
題型:完型填空