Ⅰ.Pre-reading1.Radio,television,magazines,newspapersandcomputerareknownasthemassmedia(大众传播媒体).Wecangetinformationornewsweneedthroughthem.Allinformationandnewsaremadebyjournalists,whoarecalled“uncrownedking(无冕之王)”.2.Doyouwanttobeajournalist?Why?Yes,Ido.BecauseasajournalistIcanreportmanythingswhichhappened/ishappeningallovertheworldintimesothatotherscanknowthese/thosequickly.Inmyopinion,it’sagreatjob.No,Idon’t.Asyouknow,thejournalistisverybusy.IfIwereajournalist,Imayhavelesstimetoaccompanymyfamily.Sometimes,it’sevennotsafeforthemtoreportsomething.3.Supposingyouarethejudgewhohasrighttodecidewhetherajournalistisexcellentornot,whatarethequalitiesanexcellentjournalistshouldbewith?Inmyopinion,anexcellentjournalistshouldhavehigherlevelofeducation,richworkexperience,goodcommunicationskills,curiousandactivepersonality,enthusiasmforthejobandsoon.Ofcourse,hard-workingspiritisalsoimportant.Ⅱ.Readthetextquicklyandchoosethebestanswers.1.Whatdoesthereadingpassagemainlytalkabout?A.TheskillsnecessarytobecomeagoodreporterB.TheskillsnecessarytobecomeagoodphotographerC.HowtoconductagoodinterviewD.AandC2.WhydidZhouYangthinkhisfirstworkassignmentwasunforgettable?A.Becauseitwashisfirstdayatwork.B.Becausehewasgivenachancetomeethisnewboss.C.Becausehewasgivensomeadviceofgreathelp.D.Becausehisabilitymadeastrongimpressiononhisnewboss.3.Whencananewreportercoverastorybyhimself?A.Nevercananewreportercoverastorybyhimself.B.Onlyafterhehasseenwhatanexperiencedreporterdoes.C.Notuntilheisoldenough.D.Onlywhenhetakesacamerawithhim.4.Thefootballerwasthoughttobeguiltybecause_____.A.heusuallytoldliesB.hestoppedthereporterpublishinganarticleC.hetookmoneyfornotscoringD.hebribedanotherfootballteamⅢ.Choosethecorrectexplanationtotheunderlinedphrases1.WhatdoIneedtorememberwhenIgoouttocoverastory?A.togoandinterviewsomebodyaboutanincidentorsomethinghappeningB.towriteastoryC.tomakeupastory2.Wesayagoodjournalistmusthaveagood“nose”forastory.A.tohaveasenseaboutwhatisgoingtohappenB.tobeableto“smell”whensomebodyistryingtohideagoodstorythatmayreflectbadlyonhimself/herselfC.tobeabletogettheanswerfromtheonewhoisinterviewed.3.Thisisatrickofthetrade.A.somethingthatcheatssomebodyB.somethingthathelpsyoudothejobinaprofessionalwayC.somethingusedtoachievesecrets4.Iftheintervieweeagrees,youcanusearecordertogetthefactsstraight.A.tomakesurethatthestoryisaccurateB.togetthefactsdirectlyC.togetthethingsspeciallyⅣ.Readthepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Wheredidtheconversationhappen?Whoweretalking?ZhouYangwastalkingwithhisboss,HuXinattheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.2.CanZhouYanggooutonastoryaloneimmediately?Why(not)?No.Becausehelacksexperience,atfirsthewillbeanassistanttoanexperiencedjournalist.3.WhatshouldZhouYangkeepinmind?Heshouldnotmisshisdeadline,notberude,nottalktoomuch,butmakesurehelistenstotheintervieweecarefully.4.Whyislisteningsoimportant?Hehastolistenfordetailedfacts.Meanwhilehehastopreparethenextquestiondependingonwhatthepersonsays.Ⅴ.Fillintheblankswiththeproperwordsinthetext.Tobea1.journalist,it’sunnecessaryforthemtotakeacamerabecausetheyhaveprofessional2.photographersastheircolleaguesto3.assistthem.Thejournalistsshouldbecuriousandtheymusthaveagood4.noseforastory.Theyknowhowto5.acquiretheinformationtheyneed.Whileinterviewing,theywon’tberude,theywon’ttalktoomuchandtheyshouldlistenfordeta...
