Question

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___1___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____2____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___3___, writing stories was simply a ___4___. interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher（出版商）.___5___, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long___6___and paid Tracy a $ 50,000 advance. "A pretty money," said the publisher, "for___7____writer.”

___8___Traey's characters（人物） are interesting, her stories sometimes___9___readem uneasy: those about the supernatural. "My mother believed I could___10___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 l do have___11___ when things come to me___12___. " Once, she was wondering how to complete a ___13___set in ancient （古代的） China. ___14___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___15___. It came without her having ___16___it.

Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___17___by her fame. She lives in the same ___18___she lived 27 years ago - although in a mom comfortable home. There' s more room for___19___in her life - and it wasn’t just ___20___.

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. pointing               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

Answer 1

1-5 ACDCA  6-10 BDBCB  11-15 DA CBB  16-20 DADCA