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| I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 1 rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the 2 was Marty Banderas, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft (草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. "I have a couple of 3 ." Banderas said, "First, how old are you?" "I'm 48," I replied. "Are you in good 4 ?" "Yes, excellent. What's this about?" "I've sold your novels 5 one and a half million dollars." I sat down in 6 . I had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 8 , but not me. Each time, I just 9 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do. But I refused to 10 up. Seeing this book 11 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best seller 12 two weeks after publication! I got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me encouragement of 14 . She sparked (鼓舞, 激励) my 15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. I always had stories running through my 17 as soon as I could write. I 18 them down on paper. I married young and have three children, but I never stopped writing, 19 novels between doing the diapers (尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 20 has changed my life. | ||||
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| When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 1 the move, my father 2 us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 3 that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we're 4 to Arizona." The words, so small, didn't seem 5 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 6 change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 7 mysteries (奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 8 into own new home. 9 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 10 explored (探索) our new surroundings. One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind 11 of cactus (仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not 12 that." I turned around to see an old woman "Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 13 , new to the entire state. "My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 14 ? It must be quite a 15 after living in Boston." How could I explain how I 16 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words. "It's vastness," she offered. "That vastness 17 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert-you can 18 how little you are in comparison with the world. 19 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless." That was it. That was the feeling I'd bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 20 would change with just a few simple words. "Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch." | ||||
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| It was black in the evening. Jason, a 12-year-old boy didn't want to go outside. But his mother, Branda, was worried about his father and 1 he go. That evening the man had to 2 his car, a Buick outside their house in the driveway. 3 enough, the wife hadn't heard a single 4 for at least one hour. "Go and find him," she told Jason. The kid stepped outside in the darkness and called into the shadows "Dad?" "Jason?" 5 was his father, but his voice sounded 6 . He spoke slowly, in a strange way. That evening, when the man had to get 7 the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car. 8 , the man didn't place the blocks in front of the car' s front tires to keep it from 9 forward off the forks, which was exactly 10 it did afterwards. Little Jason saw his dad's feet 11 out from beneath the car. 12 to take a full breath, Old Jason sank into a sleepy, half-alive 13 . "Calm down. It will be OK." The boy 14 his mother. Now he couldn't afford to be scared. He climbed on and started up, the Buick started to come off the ground and 15 in the air. Minutes later, 911 policemen arrived. Old Jason 16 beneath the car, still breathing. It wasn't 17 his dad was loaded into an ambulance that the little boy 18 and sobbed. Little Jason says one happy change has come out of the 19 : he gets to spend more time with his dad. Old Jason, who hasn't touched a car 20 the Buick fell on him often spends evenings with his son playing. | ||||
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| When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers, I often feel like cutting and keeping it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to keep in good health, or advice about how to be oneself i front essay, the opposite one is bound to 3 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the subject. As a result, the scissors would 4 before they start, or halfway done when I find out the result that inevitably cause me 5 . Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worthy your 6 . You can only take up one of them, while the other has to wait or be 7 . But you know the future is unpredictable ---- the changed 8 may not allow you to do what is 9 behind. Thus you are caught in a fix and feel sad. 10_ come that nice opportunities and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may 11 that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one 12 to the other. In fact that is what life is like: we are often 13 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like newspaper cutting. It often 14 that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we take up another. The former may be more 15 than the latter and give rise to a divided 16 . I still remember a philosopher's remarks, "When one door shuts, another opens in life." 17 a passive choice may not be a bad one. Whatever we do in our lifetime, wherever life's storm makes us 18 , there must be something we can 19 , some shore we can land on. Don't forget God always keeps an alternative door open for every one. While the front door is closed, there must be another 20 for you. | |||
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B. opposite B. your business B. cause B. turn B. regret B. sense B. given up B. situation B. counted B. Why B. happen B. opinion B. mixed B. occurs B. exciting B. subject B. Otherwise B. live B. trea sure B. open |
C. back C. relation C. receive C. stay C. disappointment C. purpose C. let out C. state C. prepared C. Where C. develop C. choice C. provided C. proves C. important C. soul C. And C. pull C. achieve C. familiar |
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| The purpose of a letter of application (求职信) is to help you to "sell" yourself. It should state 1 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 2 . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without 3 out any necessary facts. In writing a letter of application, keep in 4 that the things a possible employer is most 5 to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. 6 the first few sentences fail to 7 the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be 8 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not 9 your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with "I saw your 10 in today's newspaper," you might say "I have made a careful 11 of your advertising during the past six months" or "I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives 12 your product and why they like it." Try to 13 generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 14 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask "What can I 15 in a letter? Employers want experience-which, naturally, no 16 has." The answer is that everything you have ever done is 17 . It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. 18 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent 19 is to enclose(内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it 20 for a possible employer to get in touch with you. | ||||
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