When growing up, I hadn't the slightest curiosity about the authors of books I read; it was the _
that was important. My mother, and sometimes my father. read
_ to us every night. I could hardly wait
I could read and write my own books. But in the first grade,
I would sit with a group of
while the teacher turned over large sheets of paper.
had been written in crayon and seemed to have something to do with
in one corner-a cat or dog or a tree in autumn. One by one the other children read aloud those black
while I sat unhappy. One day I decided that perhaps
was just making stories up. So the next time when the teacher
to the words, I eagerly
_ a story about a dog attacking a cat
a tree in autumn. The teacher looked sad and-shook her _
, and I knew that I still had not discovered the magic secret.
By the time I
fifth grade, "writing books" was still my favorite hobby. I rushed home from school each day to write down
had been forming in my head. At sixteen my first story was
in a church magazine. In college, where I was studying to be a psychologist, was able to pay my
by writing stories. When I got my bachelor's degree, I decided to write more than anything else, so I began writing
. I have since published books for both children and
_ . I'm not happy unless I spend some time writing. Usually I write about six hours each day. I spend three months to a year on a children's book.
how well I know the
before I begin. A neovel for adults takes a year or two. When my work is going well. I wake early in the mornings, hoping it is time to get up.
| 小题1: | | A．experience | B．story | C．process | D．class |
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| 小题2: | | A．aloud | B．loudly | C．loud | D．widely |
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| 小题3: | | A．before | B．after | C．until | D．though |
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| 小题4: | | A．teachers | B．parents | C．children | D．writers |
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| 小题5: | | A．Lectures | B．Rules | C．Meanings | D．Sentences |
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| 小题6: | | A．words | B．news | C．pictures | D．promises |
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| 小题7: | | A．pages | B．marks | C．dots | D．grades |
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| 小题8: | | A．reading | B．listening | C．speaking | D．playing |
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| 小题9: | | A．turned | B．picked | C．pointed | D．intended |
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| 小题10: | | A． set up | B．told up | C．made up | D． put up |
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| 小题11: | | A．beneath | B．over | C． above | D．inside |
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| 小题13: | | A．arrived | B．finished | C．reached | D．managed |
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| 小题14: | | A．whichever | B．however | C．whatever | D．wherever |
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| 小题15: | | A．rewarded | B．published | C．recalled | D．received |
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| 小题16: | | A．family | B．work | C．child | D．tuition |
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| 小题17: | | A．part-time | B．full-time | C．sometime | D．in time |
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| 小题18: | | A．adults | B．men | C．women | D．students |
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| 小题19: | | A．figuring out | B．carrying on | C．depending on | D．bringing out |
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| 小题20: | | A．readers | B．characters | C．topics | D．chapters |
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