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.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B
题目分析：作者小时候很难领会老师图画上的含义，但是她有一种想写点什么的冲动感，从六年级的时候，便开始每天写下点什么。到大学毕业时，她已经能为儿童和成年人写小说了。
小题1: B。考查名词：我认为故事更重要，而不是小说的作者。根据上一句的the authors of books可知选story。Experience经历；story故事；process过程；class课程。
小题2: A。考查副语：母亲，有时是父亲晚上给我读故事书。Aloud与read ,think连用时，表示“出声“，loud用于talk, speak, shout, laugh等动词之后，意为“响亮地”、“大声”。所以选择A。
小题3: C。考查连词：非常渴望读书和自己写书。该句式考查了not…until结构。
小题4: C。考查名词：下文的the other children说明，作者是这些孩子中的一个，因此选children。Teachers教师；parents父母；children孩子们；writers作者。
小题5: D。考查名词：下文提及孩子们正在读纸上用蜡笔写的东西，因此选sentences。Lectures演讲；Rules规章；Meanings意思；Sentences句子。
小题6:C。考查名词：后面的解释a cat or dog or a tree in autumn说明这里指图片。Words词；news新闻；pictures图片；promises承诺。
小题7: B。考查名词：本句中的those black marks只写在纸上的句子，因此选marks。Pages页；marks痕迹；dots点；grades阶段。
小题8: A。考查动名词：有一天，我认为读句子则是编故事。上文的the other children read aloud暗示着这里的答案。Reading阅读；listening听；speaking说；playing玩。
小题9: C。考查动词：老师指着写在图片上的字，让学生读，因此选point。 point to表示“指着”。
小题10: C。考查短语：根据上文的making stories up可知，作者看着图画便开始编故事，故选made up。set up建立；made up组成；put up张贴，所以选择C。
小题11: A。考查介词：作者在看图编故事，图片显示狗在追逐藏在树下的猫。Beneath表示“在…….的下方。” Beneath在……的下方；over超过；above在上边；inside里面。
小题12: B。考查名词：根据下文的I still had not discovered the magic secret可知，老师对作者的回答不满意，故选head。Arm臂；head头；leg腿；ruler统治者。
小题13:C。考查动词：我到五年级的时候，写书依然是我的嗜好。Reach表示“达到，进入某一阶段”。Arrived来；finished完成；managed完成。
小题14: C。考查宾语从句：到家后我会写下来我所想到的内容。Whichever无论哪个；however然而；whatever无论什么；wherever无论那里。
小题15: B。考查动词：十六岁时，我写的第一个故事在一本教会杂志上发表。根据句中的magazine可知，小说发表了。Rewarded报酬；published出版；recalled使想起；received收到。
小题16: D。考查名词：上大学时，我通过写小说挣自己的学费。因为在大学，需要付出高昂的学费。故选tuition。Family家庭；work工作；child孩子；tuition学费。
小题17: B。考查形容词：根据I decided to write more than anything else可知，作者决定做一个职业作者，故选full-time。part-time兼职；full-time全职；sometime从前的；in time及时。
小题18: A。考查名词：下文的a novel for adults表明，她为孩子和成年人写书，故选adults。Adults成年人；men男人；women女人；students学生。
小题19: C。考查短语：我要花费三个月到一年的时间写一本儿童书，根据写书之前对人物的了解而定。figuring out计算出；carrying on 继续进行；depending on随……而定；bringing out出版。
小题20: B。考查名词：因为作者在谈些小说，小说中要涉及到当然是人物，故选characters。Readers读者；characters人物；topics题目；chapters章。