When TV news programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying pictures of dead or wounded victims because they don’t want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they may find some of these scenes disturbing, so they can look away if they choose. But the men and women whose job is to record those scenes－the TV cameramen－have no such choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors of the world and record them, no matter how terrible and unpleasant they may be. Consequently, it is one of the most dangerous, exposed and emotionally taxing jobs the world has to offer.
Today, the demand for their work is rising. The explosion of satellite broadcasting and 24-hour news in recent years has created an almost insatiable (贪得无厌的) demand for TV information. But major broadcasters and the TV news agencies—such as Reuters and WTN－have never had enough staff to meet the worldwide demand for up-to-date pictures, so increasingly they turn to “freelance” TV cameramen.
These freelance cameramen are independent operators tied to no particular organization. They will work for any company which hires them, be it for just a few hours or for several weeks in a war zone. But if the freelance cameraman is injured in the course of the job, the TV company is not responsible for him. The freelancer must survive on his own.
TV will always need hard, vivid moving pictures which are fresh, but these companies feel uncomfortable with large numbers of employees on their books, explains Nick Growing, once foreign editor for Britain Channel 4 News and now a BBC news presenter.
By hiring freelancers, they can buy in the skills they need only when they need them. It also enables them to contract out the risk, he says.
1.TV news agencies turn to freelance cameramen in order to .
A．save expense and avoid risks
B．get free and useful pictures
C．get first-hand information and pictures
D．satisfy the greed of the freelance cameramen
2.We can infer from the passage that the freelance cameramen .
A．have to take a lot of risks in the course of work
B．are tied to many TV news agencies
C．have better skills than other cameramen
D．need to contract out risks of work for TV companies
3.According to this passage, some major broadcasters and TV news agencies .
A. have employed enough cameramen
B. are not willing to employ many cameramen
C. are very mean to freelancers
C. are responsible for the freelancer if he is injured
4.The author of this passage shows his the freelance cameramen.
A．sympathy to B．respect for C．anger to D．admiration to
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 31 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 36 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1. A．keep fit B．rise early C．collect money D．earn money
2. A．romantic B．magic C．fantastic D．attractive
3. A．simple B．luxurious C．relaxing D．easy
4. A．question B．the question C．reach D．control
5. A．feeling B．quarrel C．love D．smile
6. A．bowed B．shook C．nodded D．raised
7. A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
8. A．in great surprise B．with deep depression
C．in a great embarrassment D．at extreme sorrow
9. A．happens B．comes about C．occurs D．appears
10. A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
11. A．more or less B．here and there
C．somewhere and sometime D．anywhere or anytime
12. A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
13. A．could believe B．wouldn’t recognize C．couldn’t understand D．might know
14. A．got stuck B．got sick C．threw up D．became disabled
15. A．quite healthy B．fairly red C．very pale D．much surprised
16. A．walk slowly B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．jump high
17. A．think about B．worry about C．talk with D．laugh at
18. A．Saying B．Seeing C．Reading D．Writing
19. A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．beautiful jewelry D．sweet kisses
20. A．a needle B．a thread C．the cloth D．the cotton
As for hungry, you won’t get much from those who never went through it
A．kindness B．sympathy C．advice D．regret
I was nearly exhausted from preparing my experiment report last night so I took a hot bath to myself.
A．behave B．transform C．present D．refresh
______ the best efforts of the desperate mother, the powerless baby elephant seemed to have no hope of escaping, until a team of conservation workers rushed to help.
A．In favor of B．In spite of C．In need of D．In case of
The interviewee felt ___________ and uncomfortable when he could not answer the interviewer’s questions.
A．addicted B．ambitious C．amazed D．awkward.
