“Don’t you want to consider studying business?” It was 2003 and I was in Class 10. Why did Papa ask me that? He knew I wanted to be a 41 . “If you’re thinking of studying mass media after class 12,” Papa added, “ 42 should be more helpful than science.” “But I 43 to be a cardiologist(心脏病学家), Papa!” I protested. “ 44 that’s where your heart really lies, I’m sorry I 45 this up,” he said. In 2006, after I had spent two difficult years trying to study science, I brought up the 46 again with my father, a teacher who 47 his own training institute in Ujjain, MP. “What made you 48 I’d make a better journalist than a doctor?” I asked Papa. “You have been my 49 , too,” he said, smiling. I was just eight years old when I 50 evening classes at his institute. It was very different from regular school. We shared anecdotes, made presentations, staged plays, listened to and watched tapes from the BBC. Always thinking about his students, Papa 51 takes leave but when he absolutely has to, he feels guilty. It 52 him when a student doesn’t show the same enthusiasm. Every year, Teacher’s Day, the 5th of September, is like a 53 in our house. The phone 54 ringing. Papa takes every call 55 it were the only one he got. It turned out to be journalism and not cardiology for me. In June 2006, when I joined St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, for my 56 degree in mass media, it felt like Papa’s classes. Soon I was writing regularly for the news magazine Outlook. In 2009, it was Papa again who 57 me decide not take a postgraduate degree in mass media. “You’ll only study the 58 things again,” Papa explained. “Sociology is such a lively subject, and if you want to be a good journalist you 59 know about society and people.” I got my MA in sociology two years later. This Father’s Day, June 21, when I called him, I will have completed nearly four fruitful years working as a journalist, thanks to Papa’s 60 . 41. A. journalist B. doctor C. businessman D. sociologist 42. A. business B. literature C. sociology D. communication 43. A. hesitate B. refuse C. want D. agree 44. A. If B. So C. When D. But 45. A. picked B. put C. brought D. gave 46. A. concept B. project C. question D. subject 47. A. supports B. runs C. holds D. shares 48. A. feel B. doubt C. hope D. prefer 49. A. son B. student C. fellow D. friend 50. A. chose B. taught C. attended D. received 51. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. hardly 52. A. hurts B. defeats C. strikes D. amuses 53. A. show B. lecture C. meeting D. festival 54. A. keeps B. begins C. continues D. stops 55. A. in case B. as if C. even if D. now that 56. A. bachelor’s B. master’s C. doctor’s D. graduate’s 57. A. saw B. let C. found D. helped 58. A. different B. same C. general D. boring 59. A. may B. could C. would D. must 60. A. patience B. power C. guidance D. understanding
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