Question

I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 31  rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the  32  was Marty Bandera, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft(草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. “ I have a couple of 33 ,” Bandera said.

“First, how old are you?” “I’m 48,” I replied.

“Are you in good 34 ?” “Yes, excellent. What’s this about?”

“I’ve sold your novels 35 one and a half million dollars.”

I sat down in 36 . I had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 37 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 38 , but not me. Each time, I just 39 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to 40 . Seeing this book 41 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It’s a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 42 two weeks after publication!

I got my first lesson in story 43 from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me a 44 of words. She sparked(激发) my 45  and she has been a 46  influence on me. I always had stories running through my 47  and as soon as I could write I 48  them down on paper.

I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing, 49  novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 50 has changed my life。

1.	A．phone B．bell C．clock D．alarm

2.	A．step B．line C．side D．doorway

3.	A．novels B．things C．questions D．problems

4.	A．wealth B．health C．care D．order

5.	A．to B．in C．on D．for

6.	A．need B．joy C．delight D．astonishment

7.	A．rejected B．received C．judged D．lost

8.	A．worried B．angry C．discouraged D．excited

9.	A．couldn’t help B．got down to C．got used to D．went on

10.	A．shut down B．find out C．give up D．set aside

11.	A．sold B．published C．printed D．passed

12.	A．books B．shops C．record D．list

13.	A．writing B．organizing C．telling D．reading

14.	A．use B．love C．meaning D．respect

15.	A．hope B．efforts C．novels D．imagination

16.	A．lasting B．normal C．careful D．general

17.	A．mind B．book C．voice D．work

18.	A．pulled B．put C．broke D．looked

19.	A．thinking B．reading C．developing D．translating

20.	A．friend B．age C．success D．failure

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题解析：

1.由第一句I remember vividly the call ...可知这里应该是电话铃声，故选A phone.

2.on the line 在线，打电话的是，由上一题可知在打电话，故选B.

3.由下面的两个问句可推测Bandera有 两个问题，故选questions.

4.由下面I’ve sold your novels for one and a half million dollars.可知Bandera害怕作者因太惊喜而承受不了。故选health。

5.固定用法，sell sth for +钱数，以什么价格卖掉，故选for.

6.由后一句作者的小说从没被出版社接受过，故作者很震惊，故选astonishment震惊。

7.由前后句可推测出作者被出版社拒绝了，故选rejected 拒绝。

8.worry 担心；angry 生气；discourage沮丧；excited兴奋，根据句意我想很多人在这种情况下都已经沮丧了，但是我不会。故选C.

9.get down to 开始认真做某事；get used to 常常做；go on 继续做根据句意每一次我都认真开始写下一部小说。故选B.

10.根据上一题可知作者没有放弃，故选give up 放弃。

11.由第一段可知作者这本书被出版社接受了，故是这本书的出版对作者来说是最好的事情。故选B。

12.best-seller list 畅销书单句意是这本书出版后连续两周在畅销书单上排名。

13.根据句意我学习到的讲故事的第一课是跟我的祖母学的。story telling 讲故事.

14.love of words对文字的热爱。句意是她就是让我对文字产生热爱的那个人。

15.imagination 想象力，句意是她激发了我的想象力，她对我的影响是持续的。

16.lasting 持续的，句意同上。

17.mind 头脑，句意是我的脑子里一直就有故事在酝酿，而且只要能写我就立即把它们写在纸上。

18.put sth down 写下，记下，句意同上。

19.developing 发展，这里意思是构思，句意是我从来没有停止写作，在洗尿布时，我还构思小说。

20.success 成功，句意是我的成功改变了我的生活。

考点：考查的是记叙文。