I don't know how I became a writer, but I think it was because of a certain force in me that had to write and that finally burst through and found a channel. My people were of the working class of people. My father, a stonecutter, was a man with a great respect and veneration(崇敬) for literature. He had a tremendous memory, and he loved poetry, and the poetry that he loved best was naturally of the rhetorical kind that such a man would like. Nevertheless it was good poetry, Hamlet's Macbeth, Mark Antony's Funeral Oration, Grey's Elegy, and all the rest of it. I heard it all as a child;I memorized and learned it all.

 He sent me to college to the state university. The desire to write,which had been strong during all my days in high school, grew stronger still. I was editor of the college paper, the col?lege magazine, etc.,and in my last year or two I was a member of a course in play writing which had just been established there. I wrote several little one-act plays, still thinking I would become a lawyer or a newspaper man,never daring to believe I could seriously become a writ?er. Then I went to Harvard,wrote some more plays there, became obsessed with(着迷于) the idea that I had to be a playwright, left Harvard,had my plays rejected, and finally in the autumn of 1926, how,why,or in what manner I have never exactly been able to determine. But probably because the force in me that had to write at length sought out its channel, I began to write my first book in London. I was living all alone at that time. I had two rooms―a bedroom and a sitting room―in a little square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar, smoked brick and cream-yellow-plaster look.

(   ) 1. We may conclude,in regard to the author's development as a writer,that his father

   A.made an important contribution

   B.insisted that he choose writing as a career

   C.opposed his becoming a writer

   D.insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer

(   ) 2. The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of        .

   A. his special talent   B. his father's teaching and encouragement

   C.  his study at Harvard   D. a hidden urge within him

(   ) 3. The author        .

   A.began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard

   B.had always been successful in his writing career

   C.went to Harvard to learn to write plays

   D.worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer

(   ) 4. The author really started on his way to become a writer        .

   A. when he was in high school   B. when he was studying at Harvard

   C.  when he lived in London   D. after he entered college

(   ) 5. What can we learn about the author's life in the autumn of 1926?

   A.He left Harvard and got married.

   B.He couldn't make up his mind what to do.

   C.He started his dream as a writer.

   D.He began to think seriously what to do.

 I used to live in a separate room. I loved living 6_________ . But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to 7        my room. At first,my parents said "no" to him,but at last my mother 8_________ . I cried and begged my parents not to do this,9        it didn't work.

  As soon as Mike entered my room,my room be?gan to become 10_________ . To my anger,he often left his unwashed clothes everywhere!One evening,I was doing my homework on my computer while Mike was listening to music. Later,I left my 11        to get some water. A shock was 12        me when I returned. He had used my computer to play games. I had 13        to save the homework. Sadly,he closed the programme 14        saving it―all my effort had disappeared!I shouted at him at the top of my 15_________. He cried a lot as my mother 16        him. My mother also asked him to leave my room 17 . Then I did my homework once again. At 11:00 pm,I 18        it. I was about to turn off my com?puter when I saw the 19        of my brother that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remem?bered how he was crying when my mum punished him. I really felt 20        for him.

  I went to him. He was 21        in my parents' bed. I kissed his forehead. He woke up,22        and said, "I'm sorry. I won't bring you 23        again." I was so 24        and I hugged him,saying, "From now on,my room is not only 25_________. It is ours!"

6. A. somewhere   B. alone

   C. sadly   D. differently

7. A. clean   B. paint   C. visit   D. share

8. A. left   B. agreed   C. smiled   D. moved

9. A. as   B. if   C. but   D. so

10. A. dirty   B. empty   C. beautiful   D. dark

11. A. office   B. TV   C. book   D. seat

12. A. waiting for   B. looking through   

  C. looking after   D. thinking of

13. A. decided   B. forgotten   C. wanted   D. tried

14. A. on   B. for

  C. after   D. without

15. A. water   B. desk   C. voice   D. head

16. A. surprised   B. praised   C. served   D. beat

17. A. at once   B. on time   C. by chance   D. after all

18. A. dropped   B. finished   C. improved   D. changed

19. A. coat   B. toy   C. photo   D. gift

20. A. good   B. sorry   C. lucky   D. happy

21. A. playing   B. crying   C. sleeping   D. eating

22. A. showed up   B. gave up   C. went away   D. got up

23. A. information   B. trouble   C. advice   D. news

24. A. moved   B. angry   C. upset   D. nervous

25. A. his   B. ours   C. theirs   D. mine

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