Writing a long book seemed to be too much for me. So, for a long time, I just wrote short articles. One day, inspiration(灵感) for an article hit me and, as I started writing, paragraphs began flowing out fast. It turned out to be too long to be an article. I thought it would not hurt to try self-publishing a booklet(小册子). The first printing of this 32-page black and white booklet sold out within a week. Here is something that I have learned through my experience.
1.Start small.
Don’t try to have a 400-page work as your first publication. I suggest you publish a booklet under 50 pages to launch your career as an author.
2.Ask for advice.
If you know some people who have published something, ask them for advice and help. You will gain useful information from them and save yourself many problems.
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When you put your heart into something only to hear“We’re not interested”,you may get hurt. But you must remind yourself that this is quite common. Every“yes”you receive comes after at least five“noes”,especially at the beginning. You need to revise your book many times to reduce the chances of being turned down.
4.The more you market, the more you sell.
You can publish an excellent book. But if no people know about it, you cannot expect many buyers. Send out an e-mail to friends, family and business partners, telling them your book’s publication date. Ask them to help sell your book.
Do not be afraid to try novel ideas.
1.What does the underlined word“launch”in Point 1 there mean?
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A．Begin. |
B．Develop. |
C．Lead. |
D．Describe. |
2.What’s the best title for Point 3?
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A．No one will like what you wrote at first. |
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B．You will get hurt by what you wrote at first. |
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C．Prepare for a“yes”rather than a“no”. |
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D．Be prepared to deal with“noes”. |
3.According to the passage, if you want to have more copies of your book sold, you should .
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A．advertise your book in newspapers |
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B．try to make more people know your book |
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C．ask your business partners to buy your book |
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D．write something that people are interested in |
4.About self-publishing a book, the writer would most probably agree that .
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A．one usually makes no money out of self-publishing a book |
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B．one should never self-publish a book longer than 400 |
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C．self-publishing a book is impossible for most people |
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D．asking advice from people who have published a book is helpful |
Sitting in the play area of the doctor’s office, my children, Paul, four, and Bailey, three, built a Lego tower while we waited to be called for Paul’s examination.
“Good job, you guys,”I said, trying not to sound too tired. My husband was away on business, and it was difficult being alone with the kids. At times I felt like I was living in the jungle(丛林) rather than the suburbs.
“Don’t put the Lego in your mouth, Bailey,”I said. Paul grabbed(抓取) it from him.“That’s not nice, Paul,”I said. He gave back the Lego. I looked around the waiting room. A woman was eating something, a couple were talking, and an old gentleman in a blue jacket was reading a magazine. I wished I could sit quietly for a while. I wanted to be able to take a rest, or go shopping alone. At once, I was ashamed of myself. What kind of mother was I? “God,”I thought, “help me to be the very best mom I can be.”
The nurse came into the waiting room to get us. Just at that moment, the old gentleman in the waiting room put down his magazine and came up to me. With a smile on his face, he said, “Your children are most certainly lucky to have such a wonderful mother.”“Thank you,”I replied in a low voice and watched him walk back to his seat. We followed the nurse into the examination room. While she weighed Paul, I told her how that man had made my day.
Motherhood is still a jungle sometimes, but now when I feel tired I remember the encouraging words of the old gentleman.
1.The writer went to the doctor’s office because .
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A．one of her children liked to play there |
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B．her son Paul needed an examination |
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C．she was tired and needed to see her doctor |
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D．she wanted to have all her children examined |
2..From Paragraph 2, we know the writer felt that looking after her children alone was .
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A．unfair |
B．happy |
C．hard |
D．interesting |
3.The writer criticized(批评) Paul when he .
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A．put the Lego into Bailey’s mouth |
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B．took away the toy from Bailey |
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C．made trouble in the waiting room |
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D．didn’t follow her advice |
4.What can we learn from the passage?
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A．The writer often went shopping alone. |
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B．The writer’s husband was always on business. |
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C．The writer doesn’t know how to be a good mother. |
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D．The writer was greatly encouraged by the old gentleman’s words. |
A report has recently been published about what the earth might be like 20 years or so from now on. The report is a result of a three-year 46 .
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a 47 one. The world will be more 48 because the population will continue to grow. The population could be 49 9,000 million, almost 3,000 million more than that in 2009. More people would move into cities, especially cities in 50 countries. Cities in India and Thailand probably would 51 have a population of 20 million by then.
Food production will 52 , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 2009, 53 most of the increase would be in countries that 54 produce enough food for their people. Little increase is 55 in South Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Poor farming ways are 56 large areas of cropland, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is 57 as cities become larger and more houses are built. 58 will get worse as developed countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s 59 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their 60 of the earth for the year 2020 may be wrong. They only 61 the situation as it is today. By changing the situation, by 62 the problems, the picture can be changed. There is 63 time for the nations of the world to 64 a plan of action. But they considered that 65 too long to make a decision would greatly reduce the chances of success
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This is one of the best novels _______ appeared this year.
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President Obama made a speech for half an hour without his notes.
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B．looking up |
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