Last night I watched a new TV drama about a writer on a glossy monthly magazine. As a magazine editor myself, I think it captured our lives brilliantly. The lead character is very credible. She’s friendly and open and wears her heart on her (66) ______. She is a good listener so everyone (67) ______ on her shoulder. People in publishing tend to be very ambitious and Sally is extremely keen to (68) ______ and reach the top of her profession. This sometimes drives her to (69) ______ off more than she can chew. In one scene, Sally goes (70) ______ met the leader of a criminal gang and gets completely out of her (71) ______. I’ve been in a similar situation myself. So this really rang a (72) ______.
The office she works in has a pleasant atmosphere, which is usually the case in our sort of job in my experience. (73) ______ in mind that people who write for a magazine become quite close since they spend the day discussing a whole range of personal and social issues. If someone in the office is (74) ______ a questionnaire – on diets, for example, or people’s likes and dislikes – they usually try it out on the rest of the term first, so you end up knowing about everyone’s life in (75) ______.
66. A. jacket B. sleeve C. coat D. hat
67. A. lies B. leans C. cries D. bends
68. A. get on B. get up C. get along D. get over
69. A. cut B. bite C. take D. have
70. A. undercover B. red-handed C. in disguise D. in secret
71. A. bearings B. league C. height D. depth
72. A. horn B. bell C. siren D. alarm
73. A. Rest B. Stay C. Bear D. Hold
74. A. carving up B. drawing up C. doing up D. setting up
75. A. full B. attention C. entirety D. detail
