1 . 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.

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I felt so nervous. It was the day of my interview. I woke up early just to make sure I would have time to get prepared. It felt like a normal Monday, but for me, this day was very important. There was a lot of pressure.

After showering, I put on the outfit I had carefully chosen and laid out the night before. I looked at my reflection in the mirror. “You can do this,” I encouraged myself. I ate breakfast and fed my cat. I made my way to the bus stop and waited patiently. Aside from the rapid tapping of my right foot, no one could tell that I was so nervous.

When I arrived at my stop, I walked to the office. The building was so tall and I felt small in its shadow. But I also felt hopeful. This will be a great opportunity, I thought. And what is there to lose? Looking down at my watch, I noticed that I was early. This allowed plenty of time to review my resume (简历) and further prepare myself for the interview.

The doors of the building were impressive, all steel and glass and very modern.

When I walked in, someone showed me the waiting area and offered me a cup of coffee. After a few moments, a man in a nice suit told me to join him. As we walked toward the elevators, I began to feel anxious. The palms of my hands began to sweat. It seemed like an hour had passed before I heard the “ding” of the elevators opening.

We got into the elevator, full of men and women dressed to the nines.

“It’s quite a large office,” the man said to me. I chuckled nervously. I could feel myself getting warmer. I couldn’t wait to hear that comforting “ding” that signaled an escape.

As the elevator climbed, I again nervously checked my watch. Just as I looked down, it happened.

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The elevator came to a stop between floors.

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I thought that this must be the worst interview ever.

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4 . Do you like the idea of running your own business from home? Most of you do, and the first things you say you like about it are being your own boss, having flexible hours and working in your pajamas.    1    

Being your own boss is definitely one big advantage.    2     You must commit to work on your business regularly to make profits. If not, you will find that your income becomes non-existent.So, have set office hours where you productively work on building your business.

    3    Doctors’ appointments and family commitments can simply be worked into your schedule. Again, you need to arrange your appointments carefully and try to book them together. This way you can get all of your running around done in one day.

Working in your pajamas may seem appealing initially. But it can also prevent you from actually getting your work done.     4     After that, just walk into your office and start your day’s work. Being too casual means getting less work done on a regular basis.

In order to run a successful business from home you need to have a good mindset.    5    

Taking off too many hours each week will damage your financial stability and long-term success. Set goals and limits on your time. Build your business first, before taking advantage of what working from home offers.

A．But it can also become your downfall without care.

B．Flexible hours are another huge plus of working from home.

C．Once it's achieved, you'll have more opportunities to develop business contacts.

D．You may find it more efficient to get up, exercise, then shower and dress for work.

E．This includes realizing that you and only you are responsible for your own income.

F．One of the biggest drawbacks is that it is so easy to allow yourself to have excuses.

G．While these benefits sound great, the reality of working from home can be a little different.

5 . When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note — “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” — and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically (魔术般) appear.

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.

Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊) . Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

1. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer to __________.

A．show his magical power	B．pay for the delivery
C．satisfy his curiosity	D．please his mother

2. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?

A．He wanted to have tea there.	B．He was a respectable person.
C．He was treated as a family member.	D．He was fully trusted by the family.

3. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now.	B．It has been driven out of the market.
C．Its service is getting poor.	D．It is not allowed by law.

4. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

A．He missed the good old days.	B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C．He needed it for his milk bottles.	D．He planted flowers in it.

7 . I was 6 years old when my father told me we were leaving the Big Apple Circus (马戏团). Until that point, I had spent most of my life on the circus lot, playing with the other circus kids. The circus, by its nature, is one that has a loose structure. So the early years after my leaving the circus to sit in a classroom all day felt more like a prison.

But years later, I found areas that interested me. I took the skills I had learned from being onstage and applied them to broadcasting. And so when Boston’s news station WBUR offered me a job out of college, I jumped at the chance. Along the way, I found I really enjoyed the work. I became WBUR’s news reporter. The flexibility and adaptability I’d learned in the circus as a child helped me do my job naturally and easily in a stressful situation — whether it was a destructive tornado outside Boston, or the Boston Marathon bombings of 2013.

But then a serious infectious disease appeared. Suddenly, for the first time in my adult life, I went for a year without doing any shows. But it became clear to me that performing was what I truly wanted. For me, the circus symbolizes who I am. And stages have always been where I’ve felt the most free. Some people get nervous before they go onstage, but by assuming (扮演) the character of Jacques ze Whipper and drawing a stupid moustache on my face, all my social anxiety disappears.

Circus performances go beyond age, socioeconomic status (地位), and even language. It’s the type of performance where you can go anywhere in the world to entertain anyone — help anyone forget their troubles for 5, 10, and even 30 minutes. And most importantly, for me, it means coming home.

1. How did the author feel in the early years of school?

A．Curious.

B．Unfree.

C．Loose.

D．Impatient.

2. What do we know about the author’s job at WBUR?

A．He did it for his father.	B．He did it against his will.
C．He risked his neck doing it.	D．He took to it like a duck to water.

3. What does the circus probably mean to the author?

A．A means of living.	B．A chance to go anywhere.
C．A part of his identity.	D．A way to forget his troubles.

4. Why does the author write the text?

A．To express his love for circus performances.

B．To stress the value of performing.

C．To share his personal experiences in a circus.

D．To discuss the problem of choosing a job.

8 . How does the man sound?

A．Surprised.

B．Fearful.

C．Worried.

10 . I decided to be a teacher when I was 10, because I could clearly see some of my teachers had extraordinary powers.

There was an English teacher in fifth grade who could _______ and effortlessly transport us to different worlds every day by telling us stories from books we would otherwise never _______. It was even shocking that my teacher could _______ the invisible. I was one of those who _______ insight (洞察). Yet my teacher would always notice me and the _______ message in her eyes suggested that she could see me through. She had another superpower and even after four decades, I could still _______ remember her lessons about the great masters of art and great geographers. She did this even though her _______ was not art, nor geography. I knew I wanted to be one of those all-seeing ones with the _______ that made children feel safe and valued.

I know being a teacher isn’t the _______ or the most financially rewarding of jobs. And there are occupational ________ —your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school staircase; your ________ can give in from too much talking. But despite all that, there are still those choosing this ________. To them, teaching is not just a job—it is a science, an art and a craft, which demands ________ labour and investment.

I have taught for three decades. Occasionally, I meet my ________ students. Their obvious love for me and fond ________ of our time together are my rewards.

1.

A．carefully

B．casually

C．deliberately

D．magically

2.

A．take away

B．pick up

C．hand out

D．leave alone

3.

A．see

B．bear

C．break

D．cover

4.

A．missed

B．hated

C．lacked

D．valued

5.

A．ambiguous

B．foreign

C．urgent

D．unspoken

6.

A．vividly

B．partly

C．hardly

D．roughly

7.

A．work

B．task

C．major

D．duty

8.

A．empathy

B．doubt

C．desire

D．superpower

9.

A．easiest

B．hardest

C．dullest

D．weakest

10.

A．errors

B．risks

C．skills

D．stages

11.

A．voice

B．sight

C．cars

D．legs

12.

A．sign

B．cause

C．gift

D．reason

13.

A．cheap

B．private

C．slight

D．emotional

14.

A．present

B．former

C．patient

D．polite

15.

A．adventures

B．services

C．memories

D．messages