Question

    You could win £1, 000 in this year's Fiction(小说) Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win £100. The judges (评委) are looking for interesting and original(原创的) stories. Here' s some advice for you:

●Write about whatever you know

Love, family, problems with friends—these are the common main subjects of the stories. However, you need to turn ordinary (普通的) situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.

●Get your facts right

It's no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a machine works if you get it wrong. So don't write what you’re not certain about.

●Hold the reader's attention

Make the ending a surprise. There is nothing worse than a poor ending. Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening in the end.

●Think about the characters

Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real.

Here are some other things you need to pay attention to. First, your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2, 500 words and typed on one side only of each sheet of paper. We don’t accept stories by email. Second, you should not have your fiction printed in any magazine or book or recorded on any radio or TV. Third, the closing date is 30 July and we will inform (通知) the winner within one month of this date. Please note that if you win, you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.

Write a winning story
Prize	The1.can get £1, 000 and have the story published.
2.	Write about3.that you know. Write in a new and surprising way to make the reader 4.in reading. Make sure you get the facts right. 5.writing what you're not certain about. Think of an6.ending to hold the reader's attention. 7.your words carefully to make your characters seem real.
Requirements(要求)	You should write the story by8., with less than 2, 500 words. Your story shouldn't have been printed or9.. Your story should be sent to us10.30 July.

Answer

1.winner

2.Advice/Suggestions

3.everything

4.interested

5.Avoid

6.unusual

7.Use

8.yourself

9.recorded

10.before

【解析】

本文是小说奖的公告，公告里描述了奖项，提供如何能写出原创有趣小说的建议，以及注意事项。

1.

the是定冠词，后接名词。根据You could win £1, 000 in this year's Fiction(小说) Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine，可知，获胜者可以赢得1000美元的奖金，并把小说刊登在杂志上，所以空格处填名词winner。故答案为winner。

2.

根据空格所在位置及Prize/Requirements，可知，此空是一个总结性的名词。根据Here' s some advice for you，可知，这些都是如何能写出原创有趣小说的建议，所以空格处填Advice/Suggestions。故答案为Advice/Suggestions。

3.

根据句子结构，此句是一个定语从句，that you know作空格的定语。根据Write about whatever you know，可知，写下你知道的每样东西，所以空格处填不定代词everything。故答案为everything。

4.

固定搭配：make sb+形容词“使某人……”，根据Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way，可知，用一种新颖的，令人惊奇的方式写作，让读者对阅读感兴趣，所以空格处填interested。故答案为interested。

5.

根据So don't write what you’re not certain about，可知，避免写你不确定的东西，固定搭配：avoid doing sth“避免做某事”，位于句首的单词首字母要大写，所以空格处填Avoid。故答案为Avoid。

6.

空格处修饰名词ending，且空格位于不定冠词an后，所以此空应一个以元音音素开头的形容词。根据Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening in the end，可知，要想一个特别的结尾来吸引读者的注意力，所以空格处填形容词unusual。故答案为unusual。

7.

根据Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real，可知，小心地使用这些词语，让他们看起来真实，让故事中的人物鲜活地呈现在读者面前，此句是一个祈使句，所以空格处填动词原形Use。故答案为Use。

8.

根据First, your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2, 500 words，可知，你必须自己写这个故事，2000到2500个字之间，by oneself表示“独自地”，反身代词要与句中的主语在人称上保持一致，主语是you“你”，所以空格处填反身代词yourself。故答案为yourself。

9.

or是并列关系连词，连接前后的词性保持一致，or前have been printed是现在完成时的被动语态，所以此空要填过去分词。根据Second, you should not have your fiction printed in any magazine or book or recorded on any radio or TV，可知，小说不能被任何杂志发表过，或被任何电视录制过，所以空格处填recorded。故答案为recorded。

10.

根据Third, the closing date is 30 July，可知，截止日期是7月30日，也就是在7月30日前要把小说送过去，所以空格处填before。故答案为before。