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Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn't easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.

Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there — moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security is I struck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss's office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. "Matt, we have to have a talk," I began awkwardly. "I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I'm forty. There's a lot I want to do in life. I'm resigning." "To another paper?" he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn't say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. "I'm glad for you," he said, quite out of my expectation. "I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can't, " he went on. "I wish you all the luck in the world," he concluded. "And if it doesn't work out, remember, your star is always high here."

Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody — even though I'd be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.

Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. "I'm resigning, Bill, "I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn't looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, "Golly, I wish I were in your shoes."

1. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous _____.

[A]newspaper [B]magazine [C]temple [D]church

2. If the writer stayed with the Globe _____.

[A] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.

[B] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.

[C] he would never have to worry about his future life.

[D] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.

3. The writer wanted to resign because _____.

[A] he had serious trouble with his boss.

[B] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.

[C] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.

[D] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.

4. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _____.

[A] a trouble with its staff members

[B] a shortage of qualified reporters

[C] an unfavorable business situation

[D]an uncontrollable business situation

5. By ":I wish I were in your shoes." (in the last paragraph) Bill Taylor meant that _____.

[A] the writer was to fail.

[B] the writer was stupid

[C] he would do the same if possible

[D] he would reject the writer's request