Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing
41 was something she picked up by herself. After her first
42 , teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM.
43 , writing stories was simply a
44 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).
45 , they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long
46 and paid Tracy a $50,000 in advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for
47 writer.”
48 Tracy’s characters (人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes
49 readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could
50 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 I do have
51 when things come to me
52 .” Once, she was wondering how to complete a
53 set in ancient (古代的) China.
54 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese
55 . It came without her having
56 it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained
57 by her fame. She lives in the same
58 she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for
59 in her life----and it wasn’t just 60 .
小题1: | A.method | B.experience | C.practice | D.skill |
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小题2: | A.job | B.effort | C.duty | D.task |
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小题3: | A.Instead | B.Then | C.Certainly | D.Normally |
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小题4: | A.general | B.deep | C.personal | D.lively |
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小题5: | A.Interested | B.Anxiously | C.Seriously | D.Encouraged |
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小题6: | A.film | B.story | C.program | D.article |
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小题7: | A.a foreign | B.a popular | C.an unusual | D.an unknown |
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小题8: | A.Even though | B.Now that | C.Just because | D.Except that |
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小题9: | A.find | B.turn | C.leave | D.hold |
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小题10: | A.make up | B.connect with | C.control | D.explain |
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小题11: | A.events | B.chances | C.feelings | D.moments |
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小题12: | A.for no reason | B.from a distance | C.by accident | D.as gifts |
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小题13: | A.description | B.pointing | C.scene | D.talk |
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小题14: | A.Surprisingly | B.Suddenly | C.Expectedly | D.Fortunately |
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小题15: | A.cooking | B.history | C.play | D.medicine |
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小题16: | A.known | B.sent | C.realized | D.ordered |
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小题17: | A.unchanged | B.excited | C.determined | D.unmoved |
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小题19: | A.success | B.work | C.joy | D.variety |
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小题20: | A.luck | B.reporting | C.writing | D.fun |
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