【单选题】

Filled with______, the first-year journalism student is something of______in the search for truth, an endeavor he will only master with time.
A．(A) ardor … a mendicant

B．(B) conscience … a seer
C．(C) incertitude … a neophyte
D．(D) mettle … an idolater
E．(E) confidence … a prelate