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WAY TO IELTS SUCCESS – READING SOLUTION 1 
DAY 20
The Journalist
 
Toby cupped his hands nervously around his mug of coffee and scanned the shopping centre concourse 
hoping to spot him among the crowd of bag-laden shoppers. “He will come, won’t he?” he thought to himself, 
biting his lower lip to relieve the tension. It would be the first major scoop of his career in journalism if 
the informer did turn up, and a huge embarrassment for Toby if he failed to deliver the front page story he had 
promised the editor by midnight that night. 
It had taken Toby nearly ten years to work his way up from his first job at a local paper to a desk at a 
national one. He’d mainly covered small local stories and was only just beginning to make his mark in the 
world of front page headlines. Most of the other reporters in the office had been there for years and found his 
energy and enthusiasm for the work highly amusing. “You’ll learn,” they said, patting him on the shoulder as 
they trudged wearily to their desks to punch out another short, snappy news article on their keyboards. Toby 
didn’t really mind if they sneered at him, because he knew his big break would come. 
When his chance did finally come, it took him completely by surprise. He had been working on a story 
about a government minister’s involvement in a national scandal. There were plenty of rumours flying around, 
but Toby hadn’t managed to get hold of any concrete evidence. Nobody wanted to talk. Then, one evening at a 
cocktail party, someone had approached him and said he could give him all the proof he needed. 
Toby looked at his watch yet again, the knot of nervousness in the pit of his stomach beginning to turn to 
angry resentment. He didn’t care if he was young and inexperienced, he didn’t appreciate being taken for a fool. 
Toby downed the last of his coffee. They could walk over him now, but the day would come when he would be 
in a position to take revenge. It was a moment before Toby realised the informer had slipped into the seat 
beside him at the table. 
The last time Toby had seen him he’d been wearing an expensive tailored suit. Now, he was dressed in 
casual clothes to better fit in with the more humble surroundings. The informer halfsmiled at Toby and 
apologised for keeping him waiting as he pushed a fat envelope across the table. “You’ll find everything you 
need and more,” he said. “I’m sure it will mean the start of a dazzling career in journalism for you.” 
Toby picked up the envelope and put it in his briefcase, resisting the urge to rip it open and greedily 
savour its contents. The informer was right. This was, without doubt, a fine beginning to an illustrious career as 
a leading reporter at one of the country’s most respected national newspapers. Toby fought hard not to appear 
like a kid with his face gleefully stuck in a cream cake. “Just one question before you go,” said Toby when he’d 
got his composure back. “You’ve been friends with the minister since your days at university. Why betray him 
now?” 
As the informer stood up to leave, he patted Toby on the shoulder. “Ah yes, friends,” he said. “Indeed, 
I’ve been very useful to him in his career these past forty years. Now it’s his turn to prove useful in mine.” The 
informer began to walk away. “I shall look forward to working with you more in the future, Sir,” Toby called 
after him. The informer carried on walking with not so much as a backward glance. Toby couldn’t stop smiling 
as he patted his briefcase.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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ASLANOVS_LESSONS
SUCCESSLC
 PDFBOOKSYOUNEED
VOCABULARY LIST FROM THE TEXT
 
 
WORD 
TRANSLATION INTO UZBEK