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1、PartA Directions: Readthefollowingthreetexts.AnswerthequestionsoneachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEETbydrawingathicklineacrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets. TextI Fifteenyearsago,IenteredtheBostonGlobe,whichwasatempletomethe
2、n.Itwasn’teasygettinghired.Butonceyouwerethere,Ifound,youwerein. Globejobswereforlife-guaranteeduntilretirement.For15yearsIhadprosperedthere—movingfromanordinaryreportertoforeigncorrespondentandfinallytosenioreditor.IwouldhavealifetimeofsecurityisIstruckw
3、ithit.Instead,Ihadmadeadecisiontoleave.Ienteredmyboss’soffice.Wouldherage?Iwondered.Hehadafamoustemper.“Matt,wehavetohaveatalk,”Ibeganawkwardly.“IcametotheGlobewhenIwastwenty-four.NowI’mforty.There’salotIwanttodoinlife.I’mresigning.”“Toanotherpaper?”heaske
4、d.Ireachedintomycoatpocket,butdidn’tsayanything.Ihandedhimaletterthatexplainedeverything.ItsaidthatIwasleavingtostartanewmediacompany.Wewereatarareturningpointinhistory.Iwantedtobedirectlyengagedinthechange.“I’mgladforyou,”hesaid,quiteoutofmyexpectation.“I
5、justcamefromaboardofdirectorsmeetinganditwasseventy-fivepercentdiscouragingnews.Someofthatwecandealwith.Butmuchofitwecan’t,”hewenton.“Iwishyoualltheluckintheworld,”heconcluded.“Andifitdoesn’tworkout,remember,yourstarisalwayshighhere.” ThenIwentoutofhisoff
6、ice,walkingthroughthenewsroomformoregood-byes.Everybodywassayingcongratulations.Everybody—eventhoughI’dberiskingallonanunfamiliarventure:allthefinancialsecurityIhadcarefullybuiltup. Later,IhadafinaltalkwithBillTaylor,chairmanandpublisheroftheBostonGlobe.H
7、ehadturnedtheGlobeintoabillion-dollarproperty.“I’mresigning,Bill,”Isaid.HelistenedwhileIgavehimthestory.Hewasn’tlookingangryordismayedeither.Afterapause,hesaid,“Golly,IwishIwereinyourshoes.” 46.FromthepassageweknowthattheGlobeisafamous_______. [A]newspap
8、er[B]magazine [C]temple[D]church 47.IfthewriterstayedwiththeGlobe_________. [A]hewouldbeabletorealizehislifetimedreams. [B]hewouldlethislong-cherisheddreamsfadeaway. [C]hewouldneverhavetoworryabouthisfut
