Rose was telling her granddaughter Lily stories about how she had written a best﹣selling （1） 　　in her early 30's．

"Did you always know you wanted to be a （2） 　　，Grandma？"asked Lily．Rose smiled at her granddaughter．"I （3） 　　knew it on my first day of primary school．"

"I felt like that on my first day of primary school too!It was singing．I used to be sure that I would be a singer，"said Lily．"Why'used to'，Lily？"Rose asked．

"Well，"began Lily，"I （4） 　　be the best singer in the class．But there was a new girl coming to my class，and she was better at singing than I was．What was the point（意义）of（5） 　　as she was much better than me？"

"You know，Lily，"Rose said．"Although I was the best at writing in primary and middle school，when I got into high school，I met a girl in my English class．She was always the best writer．I used to（6） 　　because of it，thinking that I was no longer the best writer，I was（7） 　　．"

"So what did you do？"Lily asked，"I did what any person would do，"said Rose．"I did everything to be better than her．"

"Did you ever write better than her in your class？"Lily asked．"No，But I realized that it wasn't about being the best out of everyone，it was about being the very best that I could be．So I （8） 　　my love for writing，and look where I am now…"Rose （9） 　　．

"Wow!"said Lily in surprise．"But what's that girl doing now？""Who knows，but there's one thing I am （10） 　　：she hasn't written a best﹣selling book yet．"

（1）A．magazine	B．newspaper	C．book
（2）A．singer	B．writer	C．teacher
（3）A．hardly	B．already	C．once
（4）．A．used to	B．tried to	C．wanted to
（5）A．working	B．thinking	C．trying
（6）A．change	B．imagine	C．cry
（7）A．nobody	B．somebody	C．anybody
（8）A．broke	B．followed	C．started
（9）A．shouted	B．smiled	C．agreed
（10）A．sure	B．worried	C．satisfied

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