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What made Joan Ryan decide to be a sports writer?“Ten years ago, I was  36  news stories at the Orlando Sentinel in Florida—my first job  37  college. I didn't know any female sports writers. But I wanted to be  38 . 39 ,the best writing in the paper was sports.”
“Furthermore, I had the  40 .I grew up in a(n)  41  family: Three boys and three girls and a coach for a dad.”
Soon after describing her ambition to a coworker, the  42  of her paper reassigned Joan to the sports  43 .She started out by editing other people's stories, 44  within a year, she was writing her own sports column.
Today, Joan is the sports  45  for the San Francisco Examiner in California. When she  46  her job eight years ago, she was the  47  woman sports writer on any major American newspaper.
Was it tough to  48  as a female sports writer? 49 !Take, for example, the first time Joan tried to get an interview in the men's locker room. “It was the U.S. Football League. I wanted to interview one of the players—Joe Cribbs, because he had just broken a finger. As soon as I  50  into the locker room  51  all sports writers interview athletes—the room went  52 .Guys started yelling at me—closing in on me. It was really frightening. One guy was sitting on a bench in front of me, tapping up his ankle, 53  a long-handled razor for cutting the tape. Suddenly, I felt something move up my leg. It was the  54  of the razor. I yelled at him and walked out.”
Joan  55  interviewing Cribbs—outside the locker room.“In retrospect(回忆),I feel this was a defining moment for me as a journalist. I went back and wrote my story and made my deadline. Now I know that nothing can interfere with getting the story.”
36. A. writing B. finding       C. editing       D. sending
37. A. in B. out of C. into    D. before
38. A. one      B. the one       C. it D. that
39. A. However     B. Therefore   C. Above all   D. First of all
40. A. knowledge   B. experience  C. Background       D. interest
41. A. big       B. athletic       C. athrete       D. warm
42. A. editor   B. Manager     C. Director     D. workmate
43. A. column B. field   C. department D. paper
44. A. and      B. So      C. however     D. but
45. A. columnist    B. writer C. journalist    D. female
46. A. did       B. left     C. landed D. wanted
47. A. abed     B. only    C. brave  D. wisest
48. A. work    B. writer C. interview    D. pioneer
49. A. You bet       B. You believe       C. Unbelievable     D. You guess
50. A. stepped B. entered       C. rushed D. moved
51. A. that      B. which C. where D. when
52. A. warm   B. crazy  C. down  D. full
53. A. held     B. playing      C. used    D. using
54. A. cap      B. cover  C. handle D. movement
55. A. started  B. ended up C. Made     D. wrote

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