One of the most enjoyable jobs I've ever done was when I was a student. When you () what it was you may be a bit shocked, but () I know it sounds () I can assure you that it was in fact delightful. () it or not, I was grave-digger for a () summer. It was one of those hot, dry () which made the () as hard as rock and () needed a great deal of effort to dig the graves. Now, a grave-digger doesn't have anything to () with dead bodies. () he has to do is dig two-meter deep () and fill them in again when the coffin has been put (). As I said, it was a marvelous summer and I'm glad to say that I didn't have to work on my (). I had a workmate who had been digging graves since 1930. In spite of his depressing trade he was a () character, always laughing and () jokes. He () to tell me all about his experiences and I listened to him for hours () end. Mind you, () had to work quite hard and usually there were two or three graves to dig every day. () the time I had to go back to () I was fitter, browner and in some ways a wiser person.
1、A) hear B) know C) tell D) say
2、A) what B) because C) although D) however
3、A) strange B) good C) pleasant D) unpleasant
4、A) Take B) Hear C) Believe D) Like
5、A) long B) short C) pleasant D) whole
6、A) season B) summers C) days D) holidays
7、A) ground B) field C) grave D) work
8、A) which B) what C) it D) that
9、A) do B) deal C) fear D) carry
10、A) That B) All C) which D) where
11、A) graves B) holes C) caves D) places
12、A) down B) away C) on D) in
13、A) hand B) energy C) own D) problem
14、A) kind B) helpful C) bad D) cheerful
15、A) telling B) speaking C) hearing D) doing
16、A) was B) used C) wanted D) went
17、A) to B) with C) without D) on
18、A) he B) I C) we D) they
19、A) By B) To C) At D) From
20、A) dig B) work C) college D) employment
Journalists and TV people, we know, are () to record what goes on: but in trying to get the best () they can, they may sometimes seem amazingly cold-blooded. In the massacre that followed the British quitting India, () was a photographer who made a sorrowing Indian family bury and rebury () dead several times () he got a perfect shot. A BBC sound man held up a Nigerian execution for half an hour while he adjusted his sound equipment; you could say it didn 't () any difference to the final outcome, but it doesn 't make you feel especially warm towards the man () .
Should journalists and photographers join in, () just stand back and watch while people kill () another? It 's a tricky question, not just a () of how brave anyone is feeling at the time, () without authentic pictures, how will the world know, how should the world believe () crimes are committed? One dead photographer does not do much for the cause he cares about, even () he did feel forced to join in and take sides.
To stay out of the fight, to write () what 's going on, to treat () with both sides, as a doctor will cure soldiers in () uniform. or a lawyer argue for either side —that is supposed to be our code, and when it () to the crutch, we probably do better trying to stick () that, than rushing off on individual impulse. But is there not a point in any profession () you are forced back against the wall () a human being? I think there is, and I was.
1、A) ready B) supposed C) responsible D) eager
2、A) record B) report C) essay D) article
3、A) here B) where C) there D) he
4、A) its B) the C) their D) that
5、A) when B) after C) before D) till
6、A) do B) become C) change D) make
7、A) concerning B) concerns C) concerned D) concern
8、A) but B) or C) and D) only
9、A) each B) every C) one D) all
10、A) fact B) case C) thing D) matter
11、A) but B) although C) for D) because
12、A) which B) what C) that D) such
13、A) if B) when C) then D) as
14、A) up B) away C) down D) in
15、A) equally B) evenly C) averagely D) similarly
16、A) neither B) both C) either D) all
17、A) speaks B) comes C) talks D) goes
18、A) to B) for C) on D) in
19、A) which B) where C) that D) what
20、A) as B) like C) unlike D) for