Blogs allow readers to post comments. There were millions of blogs out there, so I
36 expected anyone to read mine,
37 respond. But almost immediately they did. Twelve messages were
38 after my first entry. I went to the library five times that day—each time there were more.
The next morning I couldn’t wait to get up and hurry to the library.
39 I told my story. It gave structure and a purpose to my day.
For so long I’d been unable to
40 in the real world, afraid of rejection or pity or scorn(轻蔑).
41 here it was safe. This
42 with people on the other side of the screen, many on the other side of the world, was
43 me back to life again.
One particularly cold Tuesday I opened my
44 to see, among emails from bloggers
45 how I was surviving the snow, one saying: “New York Times Journalist Trying to Contact You.” Ian Urbina had discovered my blog
46 when researching an article on people living in their
47 in the U.S. exchanged emails and later he called me up. I hadn’t spoken to
48 for months but, as rain streamed down the glass
49 , the words came. I had been living in the car for almost nine months.
The article
50 on the front page. I didn’t know until I opened my computer. There were emails from people around the world. For almost a year on one had known I
51 existed but now here were hundreds wishing me well. They said they were
52 for me.
Now every time I pressed “Check Mail”, there were more messages. I watched the numbers of the visitors counter on my blog
53 by the hundreds. These were people at their computers all over the world. I felt as of I was viewing a miracle unfold(展开).
Over the next week, in libraries and in the car
54 under lamp posts at night, I wrote my papers. I had notepaper spread
55 the dashboard(仪表盘). And every morning in the quiet of the lane, I wrote for my life.
| 小题1: | | A．nearly | B．eagerly | C．patiently | D．hardly |
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| 小题2: | | A．rather than | B．more than | C．let alone | D．other than |
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| 小题3: | | A．read | B．printed | C．left | D．taken |
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| 小题4: | | A．The other day | B．Day and night | C．All day long | D．Another day |
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| 小题5: | | A．give out | B．reach out | C．make out | D．hand out |
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| 小题7: | | A．problem | B．work | C．appointment | D．connection |
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| 小题8: | | A．paying | B．giving | C．binging | D．writing |
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| 小题9: | | A．website | B．mailbox | C．blog | D．newspaper |
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| 小题10: | | A．concerned about | B．bored with | C．careless of | D．disappointed at |
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| 小题11: | | A．by mistake | B．in time | C．by chance | D．at last |
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| 小题12: | | A．homes | B．offices | C．cars | D．libraries |
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| 小题13: | | A．everybody | B．anyone | C．another | D．other |
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| 小题14: | | A．inwards | B．inside | C．outwards | D．outside |
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| 小题15: | | A．carried | B．published | C．appeared | D．contributed |
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| 小题16: | | A．already | B．even | C．almost | D．only |
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| 小题17: | | A．praying | B．fighting | C．voting | D．looking |
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| 小题18: | | A．ending | B．increasing | C．dropping | D．expanding |
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| 小题19: | | A．repaired | B．washed | C．crashed | D．parked |
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| 小题20: | | A．through | B．beyond | C．across | D．above |
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