Blogs allow readers to post comments. There were millions of blogs out there, so I 36 expected anyone to read mine, 37 respond. But almost immediately they did. Twelve messages were 38 after my first entry. I went to the library five times that day—each time there were more.
The next morning I couldn’t wait to get up and hurry to the library. 39 I told my story. It gave structure and a purpose to my day.
For so long I’d been unable to 40 in the real world, afraid of rejection or pity or scorn(轻蔑). 41 here it was safe. This 42 with people on the other side of the screen, many on the other side of the world, was 43 me back to life again.
One particularly cold Tuesday I opened my 44 to see, among emails from bloggers 45 how I was surviving the snow, one saying: “New York Times Journalist Trying to Contact You.” Ian Urbina had discovered my blog 46 when researching an article on people living in their 47 in the U.S. exchanged emails and later he called me up. I hadn’t spoken to 48 for months but, as rain streamed down the glass 49 , the words came. I had been living in the car for almost nine months.
The article 50 on the front page. I didn’t know until I opened my computer. There were emails from people around the world. For almost a year on one had known I 51 existed but now here were hundreds wishing me well. They said they were 52 for me.
Now every time I pressed “Check Mail”, there were more messages. I watched the numbers of the visitors counter on my blog 53 by the hundreds. These were people at their computers all over the world. I felt as of I was viewing a miracle unfold(展开).
Over the next week, in libraries and in the car 54 under lamp posts at night, I wrote my papers. I had notepaper spread 55 the dashboard(仪表盘). And every morning in the quiet of the lane, I wrote for my life.
1.A. nearly B. eagerly C. patiently D. hardly
2.A. rather than B. more than C. let alone D. other than
3.A. read B. printed C. left D. taken
4.A. The other day B. Day and night C. All day long D. Another day
5.A. give out B. reach out C. make out D. hand out
6.A. But B. And C. Or D. Then
7.A. problem B. work C. appointment D. connection
8.A. paying B. giving C. binging D. writing
9.A. website B. mailbox C. blog D. newspaper
10. A. concerned about B. bored with C. careless of D. disappointed at
11.A. by mistake B. in time C. by chance D. at last
12.A. homes B. offices C. cars D. libraries
13.A. everybody B. anyone C. another D. other
14.A. inwards B. inside C. outwards D. outside
15.A. carried B. published C. appeared D. contributed
16.A. already B. even C. almost D. only
17.A. praying B. fighting C. voting D. looking
18.A. ending B. increasing C. dropping D. expanding
19.A. repaired B. washed C. crashed D. parked
20.A. through B. beyond C. across D. above
---Thank you for your CD-ROM. I’ll return it as soon as I can.
---_____. I’ve got another one to spare.
A. No problem B. No hurry C. With pleasure D. Nothing much
All of Manhattan, parts of Brooklyn and Queens are blacked out, and people have no idea ___ it’s coming back on.
A. that B. when C. how D. where
I first met your sister ten years ago, when she ____at a supermarket as a salesgirl.
A. has worked B. had worked C. was working D. had been working
The boy is working harder than ever, hoping to ___the time he has wasted playing online games.
A. take up B. make up C. bring up D. call up
We ___have hurried all the way to the airport—the flight was called off because of the foggy weather.
A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. needn’t D. wouldn’t
