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英语高考完型填空巩固练习
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In the early spring of 1974, the now world-famous photographer Stephen Wilkes was a 16- year-old reporter and cameraman for his high school’s television station. His best friend was also a reporter for the ___1___, and together they came up with the wild idea of___2___some of the great news broadcasters and journalists of the age. So they wrote personalized, hand-written letters to dozens of them.
Nobody ___3___but perhaps the greatest news broadcaster and journalist of them all: Walter Cronkite, who generously offered to spend a full ___4___ with the boys. Stephen and his friend understood that this would be the most ___5___reporting event of their lives, so they prepared___6___for it.
They___7___dozens of thoughtfully well-prepared questions and practiced the questions over and over again. When the day of the interview ___8___, they were ready. They sat with Mr. Cronkite and asked him one question after another, carefully___9___each question on their notepad. And Mr. Cronkite was unbelievably_____10_____ with his answers for the entire hour.
Then, as they were_____11_____ things up, he said, “Boy, I’d like to ask you both an important question; Do you know what makes a _____12_____interview?”
Stephen and his friend were caught off-guard, so they quickly began searching _____13_____their notepad, which didn’t provide an obvious _____14_____. Mr. Cronkite smiled and quickly rescued them, _____15_____. “Being a good listener, boys. That’s what truly makes a great interview. Being a good _____16_____will always lead you to the next best question.”
The boys looked up at the legendary broadcaster and suddenly _____17_____ they had spent their whole hour robotically ____18_____one scripted(照本宣科的) question after another meaninglessly, but not truly listening or ____19_____to a single answer. And if they had listened, they could have allowed Mr. Cronkite’s answers to guide their question, and guide them to a far more ____20_____ hour together.
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