2.Write a winning story!
You could win£1,000in this year's Fiction Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine.Ten other lucky people will win a cheque for£100.
Once again,we need people who can write good stories.The judges,who include Mary Littlejohn,the novelist,Michael Brown,the television reporter,and Susan Hitchins,the editor of Keep Writing,are looking for interesting and original stories.Detective fiction was extremely popular last year,although the competition winner produced a love story.You can write down about whatever you want but here's some advice to start your thinking:
Write about what you know
This is the advice which every writer should pay attention to and,last year,nearly everyone who wrote for us did exactly that.Love,family,problems with friends----these were the main subjects of the stories.However,you need to turn ordinary situations into something interesting that people will want to read about.Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.
Get your facts right
It's no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a jet engine works if you get it wrong.So avoid writing anything unless you're certain about it.
Hold the reader's attention
Make the beginning interesting and the ending a surprise.There is nothing worse than a poor ending.Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening at the end.
Think about the characters
Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real.
Your story must be your own work,between 2,000and 2,5000words and typed,double-spaced,on one side only of each sheet of paper.
Even if you're in danger of missing the closing date,we are unable to accept stories by fax or email.You must include the application form with your story.Unfortunately your story cannot be returned,nor can we discuss our decisions.
You should not have had any fiction printed in any magazine or book in this country----a change in the rules by popular request----and the story must not have happened in print or in recorded form,for example on radio or TV,anywhere in the world.
Your fee of£5will go to the Writers'Association.Make your cheque payable to Keep Writing and send it with the application form and your story to:
Keep Writing
75Broad Street Birmingham
B12 4TG
The closing date is 30July and we will inform the winner within one month of this date.Please note that if you win,you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.

61.How should writers deal with ordinary situations while writing?A
A.They should make them appealing to readers.
B.They should copy others'ideas.
C.They should change some facts to make them interesting.
D.They should describe them as they are.
62.What shouldn't a writer do?D
A.Making the contents interesting.
B.Getting the facts right.
C.Meeting the deadline.
D.Making the end ordinary.
63.Writers should present their works in the following ways except thatB.
A.they should write originally
B.they can type their stories as they like
C.they should follow some rules
D.they should hand in their stories in time
64.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?D
A.Late stories can be faxed if necessary.
B.Entry needs no fee.
C.Winners can have their stories printed in other magazines.
D.All stories should be presented by mail.

分析 本文是一篇征文啟事.要求作者寫出周圍發(fā)生的事情,但是必須是原創(chuàng)作品,語言要生動(dòng),對人物刻畫要栩栩如生,而且故事要能吸引讀者.此外還要求稿件一律按照要求方式打印,而且獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)卟豢梢栽傧蚱渌s志投稿等.

解答 61-64 ADBD
61.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段you need to turn ordinary situations into something interesting that people will want to read about.可知你要把普通的局勢變成人們可以讀懂的有趣的東西.即要把平常的情況寫的有趣,能吸引讀者,故選A.
62.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第五段Make the beginning interesting and the ending a surprise.There is nothing worse than a poor ending.可知故事結(jié)尾要出人意料,不能虎頭蛇尾,平淡無奇,故選D.
63.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 根據(jù)文章要求Your story must be your own work,between 2,000 and 2,5000 words and typed,double-spaced,on one side only of each sheet of paper.可知對于作品不能隨意打印,要按照要求,故選B.
64.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 根據(jù)文中You should not have had any fiction printed in any magazine or book in this country 和we are unable to accept stories by fax or email.以及Make your cheque payable to Keep Writing and send it with the application form and your story to:Keep Writing  75 Broad Street Birmingham  B12 4TG 可知故事要以郵寄方式,而且要收費(fèi)£5,此外獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)卟豢梢栽傧蚱渌s志投稿,故選D.

點(diǎn)評 閱讀這類文章時(shí),也應(yīng)該在整體把握文章結(jié)構(gòu)的前提下,主要注意細(xì)節(jié)信息.細(xì)節(jié)題題干都是相應(yīng)原文的變形(如同義改寫、詞性轉(zhuǎn)換等),因此要找到答案一定要找到題干在原文中的出處,再把原文和選項(xiàng)相比較.做題時(shí),根據(jù)所提問題用尋讀、跳讀的方法可達(dá)到事半功倍的效果.

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