When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day. Like many 16 writers on the Internet, the 17 woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).
Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost 18 to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing 19 on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 20 she is familiar with.
Amy has been interested in writing 21 she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels 22 people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 23 she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She 24 immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.
Now Amy is a full-time 25 . So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them 26 .
“The Internet made me famous and brought me 27 ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am 28 with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to 29 to work in the medical industry.”
“Before that day comes, I’ll keep 30 for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.
A．other B．others C．another D．the other
A．28-year-old B．28-years-old C．28 years old D．28-year old
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．reports B．novels C．diaries D．plays
A．who B．which C．that D．whom
A．when B．while C．since D．until
A．about B．of C．to D．with
A．that B．if C．why D．how often
A．agreed B．disagreed C．refused D．left
A．housewife B．editor C．saleswoman D．writer
A．will print B．were printing C．printed D．were printed
A．success B．succeed C．successful D．successfully
A．unhappy B．angry C．satisfied D．proud
A．come B．go C．return D．get
A．to write B．writing C．write D．written
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His name was William Sydney Porter. He wasborn in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an life. He did not go to school for very long, but he teach himself everything he needed to . When he was about 20 years old , Henry went to Texas, where he tried jobs. He first worked a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. some money went missing from the , O. Henry was believed to have it. Because of that, he was to prison. During the three years in , he learned to write short stories. After he prison, he went to New York and writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were , would finish with a sudden change at the end to the surprise.
A．real B．the other C．last D．first
A．important B．exciting C．unhappy D．uneasy
A．yet B．still C．managed to D．wanted to
A．do B．write C．read D．know
A．difficult B．different C．important D．good
A．with B．on C．for D．as
A．Because B．So C．When D．Where
A．newspaper B．prison C．school D．bank
A．seen B．got C．had D．stolen
A．sent B．made C．given D．taken
A．school B．bank C．North Carolina D．prison
A．got out of B．stayed in C．went in D．looked out of
A．stopped B．continued C．enjoyed D．finished
A．readers B．people C．they D．he
A．readers’ B．newspaper’s C．book’s D．stories’
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him .
Children in our neighborhood always ran around their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, . We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the . We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five miles every day - even when he had a fever. I was , so I went to him after school. I found him running . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept .
Two weeks later, the names of the team were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had the team. He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just it.
A．spent B．taken C．cost D．paid
A．talk B．sit C．study D．walk
A．after B．before C．during D．till
A．either B．too C．though D．yet
A．able B．sorry C．glad D．afraid
A．sixth B．seventh C．eighth D．ninth
A．so B．if C．then D．because
A．neighborhood B．family C．school D．grade
A．excited B．tired C．pleased D．worried
A．think about B．hear from C．agree with D．look for
A．alone B．away C．almost D．already
A．riding B．walking C．playing D．running
A．jumpers B．runners C．doctors D．teachers
A．got B．kept C．made D．found
A．played B．had C．left D．took
Mrs Hyde is a housewife． She went to the “Fitness Club” every afternoon because she wanted to keep healthy． One Friday afternoon, she ____ the door and went there as usual． _____ __ she came home, she felt something unusual． She found her necklace and new digital camera _____ __． She wondered _____ _ someone got in． However, there was no _____ of breaking into the room． She made a decision to _____ _ the truth．
The following Friday, Mrs Hyde went out ______ _ her usual time but she went shopping in the supermarket _____ _ going to the club． ______ _ she came home shortly after． She let herself in through the back door and sat down to wait and _____ __ what would happen．
It was 4：30 p．m． Suddenly, the bell rang while Mrs Hyde was making tea． The bell rang again, but Mrs Hyde didn’t ______ _ it． Then she ______ _ her letter box being opened． She saw carefully what happened in the kitchen． A piece of wire(绳) appeared ______ __ the letter box and then a hand． The wire caught around the knob of the back door and turned．
Mrs Hyde took out her mobile phone and called ____ _ at once． She told the police what was happening ______ _． A few minutes later, two policemen came and caught the thief．
A．locked B．opened C．brought D．took
A．After B．When C．Before D．If
A．missed B．broke C．missing D．breaking
A．who B．how C．which D．whether
A．reason B．way C．information D．evidence
A．find B．find out C．look for D．search
A．in B．on C．at D．by
A．instead of B．instead C．rather D．than
A．But B．Also C．Or D．Then
A．see B．seen C．saw D．to see
A．hear B．tell C．answer D．say
A．heard B．felt C．made D．used
A．across B．with C．by D．through
A．her neighbor B．the police C．her husband D．her friend
A．loudly B．noisily C．quietly D．sadly
Mrs. Evans was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had gone, she jumped off from the , rushed out of the kitchen, her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus which was going into the town. There she hurried into a shop and a large mouse-trap (捕鼠夹). She wanted to put to this mouse as quickly as possible.
When she got home the trap, she realized that she had forgotten any cheese to put in it. She searched everywhere there was not any in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were . She wondered what to do. , she had a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors and cut a picture of a piece of cheese out of a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap a piece of cheese.
The next , Mrs. Evans came down to the and went straight away to the place where she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had .The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
A．where B．what C．while D．when
A．laughed B．cried C．surprised D．pleased
A．table B．floor C．house D．kitchen
A．put on B．took off C．tried on D．dressed in
A．asked B．bought C．sold D．left
A．a cheese B．an end C．a mouse D．a picture
A．for B．out C．with D．along
A．to sell B．to eat C．to borrow D．to buy
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．open B．closed C．busy D．empty
A．At the end B．By the end C．To the end D．In the end
A．as a result of B．in the middle of C．instead of D．because of
A．afternoon B．hour C．evening D．morning
A．cooking room B．bathroom C．reading room D．sitting room
A．worked B．took C．changed D．made
The following is a story about Josie Dew.
When Josie Dew was , she fell out of a car, so she has never learned to .
She was still at primary school when she decided she wanted to . So when she was eleven, she decided to go for long bike rides, and cycled 40 or 50 every day.
Josie says, “The only thing about the middle school was cycling there and back. I left school when I was 16. I cooking so at that time I started a business. I cooked three-course meals, and delivered（递送） them ! In 1985, as soon as I had some , I cycled to Africa and back.”
Josie has to 40 countries and has had all kinds of interesting . She has cycled through the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal, then down into India. She has cycled through millions of locusts（蝗虫）in the Moroccan desert and through tornados（龙卷风）in the USA. She was in Romania on Christmas Day in 1989.And she hasn’t been to Egypt yet, because when she was in Turkey, a war nearby. So she went to Greece instead.
She has sometimes traveled with friends, boyfriends and even her mother, but she has often cycled . She had only one really frightening experience — a man her in Bulgaria.
In 1997 she hurt her leg very badly, she started writing books about her . She’s written five books, and now she is on her bike again! At the moment she is planning to cycle around New Zealand.
A．old B．young C．short D．tall
A．drive B．dance C．run D．walk
A．travel B．swim C．work D．jump
A．meter B．miles C．inches D．feet
A．good B．terrible C．boring D．tiring
A．hated B．imagined C．advised D．loved
A．by car B．by bike C．on foot D．by ship
A．water B．fruit C．money D．food
A．been B．gone C．returned D．moved
A．bikes B．souvenirs C．pictures D．experiences
A．ended B．started C．stopped D．left
A．happily B．quickly C．alone D．quietly
A．found B．loved C．greeted D．attacked
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．family B．friends C．business D．Journeys