Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.

　　Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there — moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security is I struck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I began awkwardly. “I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’m forty. There’s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning.” “To another paper?” he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “I’m glad for you,” he said, quite out of my expectation. “I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’t, ” he went on. “I wish you all the luck in the world,” he concluded. “And if it doesn’t work out, remember, your star is always high here.”

　　Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody — even though I’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.

　　Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. “I’m resigning, Bill, ”I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, “Golly, I wish I were in your shoes.”

　　1. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous _______.

　　[A] newspaper

　　[B] magazine

　　[C]temple

　　[D] church

　　2. If the writer stayed with the Globe _________.

　　[ A] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.

　　[ B] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.

　　[ C ] he would never have to worry about his future life.

　　[ D] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.

　　3. The writer wanted to resign because _________.

　　[A] he had serious trouble with his boss.

　　[B] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.

　　[C] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.

　　[D] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.

　　4. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _______.

　　[ A ] a trouble with its staff members

　　[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters

　　[ C ] an unfavorable business situation

　　[ D ]an uncontrollable business situation

　　5. By “:I wish I were in your shoes.” (in the last paragraph) Bill Taylor meant that _______.

　　[A] the writer was to fail.

　　[B] the writer was stupid

　　[C] he would do the same if possible

　　[D] he would reject the writer’s request

　　参考答案

　　1. A 第二段老板提到“是不是到另一家报纸去”根据此推测这是一家报社。

　　2. C 第二段提到“假如留下，会有生活保障”从而推断若不离开未来生活无忧。

　　3. C 第二段提到“我要离开公司去开一家新传媒公司”

　　4. C 第二段提到“老板说从董事会那里得到的75%的消息都是坏消息”从而推断，报社商业处境艰难。

　　5. C be in one’s shoes 为“处于某人的地位”文中指老板赞同作者的看法，表示假如他处于和作者相同的情况，他自己也会做出相同的事。