Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. ____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
____ Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I ? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ____ when things come to me ____. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China. ____ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____. It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame. She lives in the same ____ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for ____ in her life — and it wasn’t just __ __.
1.A. skill B. experience C. practice D. method
2.A. duty B. effort C. job D. task
3.A. Instead B. Normally C. Certainly D. Then
4.A. general B. deep C. personal D. lively
5.A. Interested B. Anxiously C. Seriously D. Encouraged
6.A. film B. story C. program D. article
7.A. a foreign B. a popular C. an unusual D. an unknown
8.A. Now that B. Even though C. Just because D. Except that
9.A. find B. turn C. leave D. hold
10.A. make up B. connect with C. control D. explain
11.A. events B. chances C. feelings D. moments
12.A. for no reason B. from a distance C. by accident D. as gifts
13.A. description B. condition C. scene D. talk
14.A. Surprisingly B. Suddenly C. Expectedly D. Fortunately
15.A. cooking B. history C. play D. medicine
16.A. known B. sent C. realized D. ordered
17.A. unchanged B. excited C. determined D. unmoved
18.A. life B. city C. house D. way
19.A. success B. work C. joy D. variety
20.A. writing B. reporting C. luck D. fun
Not only ______, but Hunan TV’s reality show, Dad, Where Are We Going, also has made the stars and their lovely kids more popular.
A. it has received one-sided praise B. has it received one-sided praise
C. it receives one-sided praise D. does it receive one-sided praise
The boy dived into the water and after ______ seemed to be a long time, he came up again.
A. what B. that C. it D. which
I don’t really work here; I ______ until the new secretary arrives.
A. just help out B. have just helped out C. am just helping out D. will just help out
---Why hasn’t Jane arrived yet?
---She ______ again in the morning.
A. shouldn’t have overslept
B. may have turned off the alarm clock
C. must have no one to call her
D. should have someone to wake her up
The witnesses ______ by the police just now gave very different descriptions of the fight.
A. being questioned B. questioned C. to be questioned D. having questioned