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She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term 1. (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as 2. model in New York.
Sarah 3.(tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, 4.has taken part in shows along with top models, wants 5.(prove) that. She has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her 6.(educate).
She has turned down several 7.(invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree 8. engineering or architecture.
Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school 9.(come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is 10.(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more.”
How to Do Man-on-the-Street Interviews
The man-on-the-street interview is an interview in which a reporter hits the streets with a cameraman to interview people on the spot.1. But with these tips, your first man-on-the-street interview experience can be easy.
When your boss or professor sends you out to do man-on-the-street interviews for a story, think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it. For example, if your topic is about environmental problems in America, you might ask, “Why do you think environmental protection is important in America?” 2.
Hit the streets with confidence. 3. Say, “Excuse me, I work for XYZ News, and I was wondering if you could share your opinion about this topic.” This is a quick way to get people to warm up to you.
Move on to the next person if someone tells you she is not interested
Don’t get discouraged.
4. Each interview that you get on the street shouldn’t be longer than ten minutes. As soon as you get the answer you need, move on to the next person. Make sure that as you go from interview to interview, you are getting a variety of answers. If everyone is giving you the same answer, you won’t be able to use it. A safe number of interviews to conduct is about six to ten.
5.
If your news station or school requires interviewees to sign release forms to appear on the air, don’t leave work without them.
A. Limit your time.
B. As you approach people, be polite.
C. If you don’t own a camera, you can buy one.
D. For new reporters, this can seem like a challenging task.
E. To get good and useful results, ask them the same question.
F. That number of interviews should give you all the answers you need.
G. With a question like this, you will get more than a “Yes” or “No” reply.
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, ______across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, ______at school for practice hours ______ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to______music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
_______, one day, in the music class that was ______of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it _________to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ______doing it. He tried to hide his ______pleasure from the music teacher, who had ______over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ______the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good_______and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ______him. There he decided to give the cello(大提琴) a ______. When he began practicing, he took it very ______. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ______to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This ______, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ______his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ______looks of the non-musicians he had left______.
1.A. travelling B. marching C. pacing D. struggling
2.A. rising up B. coming up C. driving up D. turning up
3.A. before B. after C. until D. since
4.A. betray B. accept C. avoid D. appreciate
5.A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Moreover
6.A. part B. nature C. basis D. spirit
7.A. complicate B. safe C. confusing D. easy
8.A. missed B. disliked C. enjoyed D. denied
9.A. transparent B. obvious C. false D. similar
10.A. run B. jogged C. jumped D. wandered
11.A. because B. but C. though D. so
12.A. ear B. taste C. heart D. voice
13.A. occurred to B. took to C. appealed D. held to
14.A. change B. chance C. mission D. function
15.A. seriously B. proudly C. casually D. admitted
16.A. committed B. used C. limited D. admitted
17.A. proved B. showed C. stressed D. meant
18.A. pushing B. dragging C. lifting D. rushing
19.A. admiring B. pitying C. annoying D. teasing
20.A. over B. aside C. behind D. out
(2014哈尔滨质检)She has succeeded in gaining ________to the university,which the whole family are pleased with.
A. congratulation B. admission
C. cooperation D. reaction
（题文）In general，the that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total ________for living expenses．
A. acceptable B. available
C. advisable D. applicable
The match began to _____ in the second half after two players were replaced.
A. come to life B. come into being
C. lead a life D. come to power
