Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn't have done or something you didn't do which you should have? At one time or another we probably all have.There's no 1lin getting depressed about it now—it's no 2crying overspilt(溢出的)milk.However,there may be some gain in thinking about exactly what happened and why3 we might be able to draw some conclusions for the future.
One thing we all do now and again is to lose our 4with a friend or close relative.The odd thing is that we more often display great 5towards someone we are fond of than towards 6.The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to 7a bit of steam in a safe environment,while the consequences (后果)of8 a stranger could be far more serious.
Being honest is usually thought of as a virtue (美德) and undoubtedly this is the9 .On the other hand,we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone,telling them exactly what we feel,and then have found ourselves filled with feelings of 10.Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut?

1. 1.
   1. A.
      reason
   2. B.
      purpose
   3. C.
      point
   4. D.
      result
2. 2.
   1. A.
      use
   2. B.
      help
   3. C.
      value
   4. D.
      benefit
3. 3.
   1. A.
      so
   2. B.
      because
   3. C.
      but
   4. D.
      though
4. 4.
   1. A.
      mind
   2. B.
      memory
   3. C.
      manner
   4. D.
      temper
5. 5.
   1. A.
      anger
   2. B.
      interest
   3. C.
      love
   4. D.
      respect
6. 6.
   1. A.
      strangers
   2. B.
      friends
   3. C.
      relatives
   4. D.
      colleagues
7. 7.
   1. A.
      run through
   2. B.
      throw away
   3. C.
      give up
   4. D.
      let off
8. 8.
   1. A.
      inviting
   2. B.
      insulting
   3. C.
      speaking to
   4. D.
      believing in
9. 9.
   1. A.
      issue
   2. B.
      case
   3. C.
      event
   4. D.
      factor
10. 10.
    1. A.
       excitement
    2. B.
       happiness
    3. C.
       pride
    4. D.
       guilt

I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.

I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.

It takes confidence to make a new start — there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.

Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.

The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.

It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding（有回報(bào)的）.

1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

2.The author decided to write a novel ______ .

3.How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

4.What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

No matter what you do, you should put your ________ into it.

1. A.
   mind
2. B.
   heart
3. C.
   brain
4. D.
   thought

I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding（有回報(bào)的）.
【小題1】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?