Smith walked up the steps to his first job at the Montgomery Advertiser earning $ 50 a week. His first task was to rewrite an article on Martin Luther King Jr.

“Those seemingly meaningless stories could be just as important as a story on the front page,” he told the students that it is a job that needs hard work and they have to be eager to go and do all again the next day.

“I’m glad I didn’t decide to build the Golden Gate Bridge or take Wall Street by storm,” Smith said. That wouldn’t have landed him a job that is so near his heart. For him, the sweat and pain in the life of a journalist was worth every moment.

What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To present the work of journalists.

B．To explain the responsibility of journalists.

C．To show the working condition of journalists.

D．To describe the development of journalism.

Why did Jack Smith give up being a civil engineer?

A．He wasn’t interested in it.

B．He wanted to learn business.

C．Paul Burnett inspired him to be a reporter.

D．His math and physics weren’t good enough.