课后限时自测(二十六)
Ⅰ.语法填空
In a career that spanned seven decades,Wallace evolved from a radio entertainer in __1__ 1940s to the no-nonsense inquisitor of 60 Minutes,the __2__(popular) news magazine of CBS,__3__ was launched in 1969.He applied his trademark reporting technique—questioning __4__(cold) and debating skeptically—well into his 80s.
The news __5__ Wallace died on Saturday night at a care center in New Canaan,Conn.came nearly a month before his 94th birthday.No cause of death was reported,__6__ he had been in declining health following the triple bypass(搭桥术) heart surgery in 2008.
CBS said a program about Wallace will __7__(broadcast) on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
__8__ the time he retired in 2006,Wallace had appeared on 60 Minutes for 38 continuous serials,__9__(help) make the news magazine a top 10 show for 23 times.
Fellow 60 Minutes star Morley Safer said that Wallace took to heart the old reporter's promise“to comfort the suffer and trouble the comfortable”.He characterized __10__ as“nosy and insistent”.The people who like his programme will remember him for quite a long time.