题目内容
读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She rented a typewriter, put it on the ____ table and began typing each morning after the kids went to school. ____ the kids came home, she moved it and made them dinner. When they were ____ she got it back and typed some more.
Debbie followed this ____ for two years. She had become a struggling writer and she loved every minute of it. One night, ____, her husband, Wayne, said, “Honey, I’m sorry, but you’re not ___ any income. We can’t do this anymore. We can’t survive on just what I make.” That night, her heart was ___. Debbie knew, with all of the ____ of keeping up a house, working 40 hours a week would ___ her no time to write.
Seeing her ____, her husband asked, “What’s wrong?” “I really think I can make it as a ___.” “All right, honey, go for it,” Wayne ____ for a long time and then said.
So Debbie returned to her ____ and her typewriter on the kitchen table, writing for another two years. Wayne worked harder and their kids went without vacations and wore hand-me-downs. But the sacrifice finally ____.
Debbie sold her first book after five years of ___. Then another. And another. Until today, Debbie has ____ more than 100 books, many of ___ have become New York Times best-sellers. Over 60 million copies of her books are in print.
And Wayne? His selfless ___ of his wife paid off. He got to retire at 50 and now spends his free time building a private airplane in the basement of their 7,000 square-foot mansion. ___, Debbie’s kids also got a gift more important than several summer camps. As adults, they ____ what Debbie gave them was far more important — persistence and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.
1.A. coffee B. bedside C. kitchen D. dressing
2.A. Unless B. When C. Though D. Wherever
3.A. asleep B. awake C. free D. convenient
4.A. standard B. suggestion C. tradition D. routine
5.A. therefore B. however C. somehow D. anyway
6.A. making up B. cutting down C. finding out D. bringing in
7.A. broken B. warm C. touched D. cold
8.A. abilities B. balances C. duties D. problems
9.A. stop B. leave C. ensure D. permit
10.A. achievements B. behavior C. efforts D. sadness
11.A. typist B. housewife C. writer D. designer
12.A. doubted B. compared C. delayed D. hesitated
13.A. office B. dream C. state D. home
14.A. paid off B. broke up C. came back D. cleared up
15.A. challenging B. struggling C. thinking D. arguing
16.A. collected B. published C. prepared D. translated
17.A. them B. that C. it D. which
18.A. support B. respect C. trust D. protection
19.A. Surprisingly B. Gratefully C. Gradually D. Similarly
20.A. admit B. realize C. wonder D. prove
