A newspaper reporter ’s job can be very interesting. He meets all types of people and lives quite a 1 life. He is on the rush for news all the time, then after several years he 2 get a desk job, and life becomes a bit more settled. Let ’s look at his work a little more 3 In a day he may have to interview the prime minister of a foreign country, and the next day he may be writing 4 a football match. Sometimes he may be so busy that he has hardly any time to sleep. And at 5 times he may go on for days 6 out for news materials yet return 7 empty hands In the beginning, a reporter has to 8 a very wide field. After the early years he becomes more specialized in his work. For example, he may finally be 9 to write only on court cases or politics or sports. Some reporters may become so specialized that they are asked only to write on a special thing: horse racing, for example. In most newspaper houses there is at least one special racing correspondent. Some newspapers have book reviews. Their job is 10 . They read the 11 books and then write reviews on the ones they like. Then there are those 12 write on films, so they get to see them even 13 they are shown in the cinema. How 14 , you would say! A reporter’s job can also be very 15 . A number of them have died rushing from one assignment to another, and if there is a flood or a riot(暴乱) they may get 16 or even be killed. Three years ago there was a reporter 17 camera was smashed by a group of men, 18 they were angry with him for taking their picture. Dangerous or not, one thing is 19 , and that is, their job is never 20 !