I love to write ！ Ever since I was a five-year-old girl,I wrote stories in my notebooks and on small pieces of paper. I told stories to my friends. As a grown-up? I have written over 100 books ！ That's a lot!As a teacher,it's my goal to encourage all of my students to love to write.

  "Writing is easy if you're careful enough," I told them. Everyone I meet is a possible character. Everything I see or do is a possible scene in a book. Start looking around you. You'll be amazed at what you discover.

  Anyone can be a writer. You just put your pen?cil on your paper and write what you like to read,step by step:

   Create great characters. If you know your characters well,they'll write the story for you.

   Interest the reader right at the beginning. You can start your stories with dialogues or actions. If you can make the reader ask questions,then he has to keep reading to find out the answers.

.  Follow the steps. The steps for every story are almost the same: Introduce the characters and the conflict (爭(zhēng)端) ;things get worse;all seems lost;the hero saves the day!

.  Balance is the key.

  Remember,when writing,it doesn't hurt to add some humour (幽默) . 

根裾短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. What did the writer begin to do when she was five years old?

2. What's the writer's goal as a teacher?

3. How many steps are mentioned about writing according to this passage?

4. Does the writer think it hurts to add some humour when writing?

 Charles Dickens,one of the greatest English writers, 1        in 1812，in one of the small towns of England. When he was nine years old,the family moved 2        London, 3        There were several younger children in the family. Their life was hard, 4        he couldn't go to school. 5      until his father was out of prison,could Charles go to school.6      that time he was already twelve. But he did not finish school. Two years later he began to work. He often went to the library to read books. He read 7 . Then Dickens 8        lots of novels and stories all his life. Dickens died 9        than a hundred years ago,but people are still reading his books 10        great interest.

(   ) 1. A. born   B. is born C. was born   D. be born

(   ) 2. A. to   B. from C. on   D. off  

(   )3. A. the capital of America 

      B. the capital of England 

      C. the capital of France 

      D. the capital of Japan

(   ) 4. A. that   B. as C. so   D. because

(   ) 5. A. Not only   B. When   C. Since   D. Only

(   ) 6. A. In   B. At C. On   D. For

(   ) 7. A. many   B. a lot of   C. plenty   D. a lot

(   ) 8. A. writers   B. wrote   C. bought   D. spoke

(   ) 9. A. over   B. more   C. most   D. much

(   ) 10. A. in   B. of   C. with   D. without

5. Bikes aren't produced by them in this factory. (改為主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)) 

They          bikes in this factory.

4. French is taught by them in this school. (改為主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)) 

           French in this school.

3. Do many people visit your school every day? (改為被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài))

        your school           by many people every day?

2. We keep the noise under 50        decibels (分貝) here. (改為被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)) 

 The noise        under 50 decibels here.

 We don't clean the classroom every day. (改為被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)) 

 The classroom        every day.

(   ) 8. Where have you been? We've been        you.

   A. looking at   B. looking for

    C. looking out   D. looking into

(   ) 7.        I was nervous,but soon I started to relax.

   A. At first   B. Above all C. After all   D. In all

(   ) 6. Could you please tell me what your     life is like?

   A. one day   B. each day   C. everyday   D. every day