From my first day, I was attending press conferences and other media events all over town. I got to attend events at places I had never thought I’d get to: the White House, the Senate and House of Representative buildings at the Capitol (國會大廈), the Department of Health and Human Services, just to name a few. And I was sent to cover these events as if I were a reporter, not just an intern (實習(xí)生) .

 In fact, I never really felt like an intern. I was given the opportunity to do the work that everyone else at the paper was doing. I covered stories on my own and wrote the articles myself. I was included in discussions for story ideas. I helped to edit the articles that went into the paper. I was able to take part in every aspect of the newspaper that I wanted to experience.

 The best part of working at the Nation’s Health was the staff. They were supportive in letting me go out and do things on my own, while I always knew that they would be more than happy to answer any questions or help me with any problems I might have. Best of all, they treated me as their equal, not just an intern whom they could get to do all the work they didn’t want to do.

After interning at the Nation’s Health for nearly seven months and having more than 30 articles published, I had to move on. My experience there gave me insight into how the media work, which helps me when I’m trying to choose stories. In addition, it showed me that work really can be fun.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. How good reporting begins with journalism interns.

B. The author’s opportunity to work at the Nation’s Health.

C. The author’s experience working as an intern

D. The author’s first day as a professional reporter.

2.What impressed the author most when working at the Nation’s Health?

A. The employees treated her as one of them equally.

B. The opportunity to work alone.

C. Covering stories and writing articles

D. Coming up with story ideas for the newspaper.

3.We can infer that the author had thought an intern would be made to ____.

A. go to as many places as possible

B. do the boring things that others didn’t want to do

C. treat people equally, no matter who they were.

D. get help from a professional reporter

4.What did the author think of her experience of working at the Notion’s Health?

A. Meaningful    B. Disappointing     C. Tiring    D.  Surprising

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:在本文中作者講述了自己作為實習(xí)生的采訪經(jīng)歷以及這段工作給他帶來的影響和感受。盡管是實習(xí)生,但是作者曾被派往白宮,國會大廈執(zhí)行采訪任務(wù),而且在工作中獨立完成采訪和寫作任務(wù),尤其是在國家衛(wèi)生部工作期間,他所受到的支持和幫助讓他銘記在心,而且一直激勵著他前行。

1.C主旨大意題。在文中作者講述了自己的實習(xí)經(jīng)歷以及所受到的幫助和支持,文中最后總結(jié)了自己的這段實習(xí)經(jīng)歷給他帶來的影響和感悟,由此可知文章主要講述的是自己的實習(xí)經(jīng)歷。故C選項正確。

2.A細節(jié)理解題。從文章第四段中的The best part of working at the Nation’s Health was the staff.。。。. Best of all, they treated me as their equal,可知那些員工平等地對待作者。故A選項正確。

3.B推理判斷題。從文中第三段中they treated me as their equal, not just an intern whom they could get to do all the work they didn’t want to do.可以推斷得知作者原以為實習(xí)生只會去做別人不愿意做的事情,所以B選項正確。

4.A推理判斷題。A 有意義的;B令人失望的;C 累人的;D使人驚訝的。從文章末段作者的感悟可知作者認為這段經(jīng)歷會促使他進步,而且也感到了這份工作中的樂趣,所以A選項正確。

考點:考查故事類短文閱讀。

 

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