通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

“I’ve been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in   21   it?” said the old lady.

John took over the papers from her shaking hand and   22   her in chair. He remembered her rich   23   in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. “It’s good, Grandma,” he said gently. Then realizing that she   24   hear him, he shouted into her ears, “I think it’s very good. I’ll   25   it to a publisher.”

Ten days later, he reported that the publisher had had time to read only a few   26  . But he was so impressed that he had sent $ 100 for an option(版权).   27   money would be given as an advance. Every month John   28   $100 for her with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book.

One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn’t get up. The doctor told her that she couldn’t   29   more than a few days. She was ready to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she could get it very soon.

Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands with the title and her name on the cover. Though she couldn’t see it, she could touch it . She proudly traced(探查)her name with her fingers, tears in her eyes. Two hours later, she died peacefully,   30   holding her book.

Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it.  “Why, it’s just blank pages!” she cried in    31   . John’s face turned   32  . Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn’t hear the little bell when the typewriter came to the   33   of the line. She would keep on working, not   34   the whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were missing. John did not tell her, for he couldn’t take away her only hope. It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.

21.(    ) A. buying     B. publishing      C. reading       D. lending

22.(    ) A. sat        B. put          C. placed       D. seated

23.(    ) A. sufferings        B. experiences     C. thoughts         D. family

24.(    ) A. couldn’t      B. needn’t       C. mustn’t       D. doesn’t

25.(    ) A. throw       B. put             C. send      D. lift

26.(    ) A. words          B. sentences          C. pages      D. books

27.(    ) A. Some      B. Much        C. Enough       D. More

28.(    ) A. brought      B. took            C. gave        D. carried

29.(    ) A. die       B. stay        C. last        D. remain

30.(    ) A. still        B. yet             C. always     D. then

31.(    ) A. anger       B. joy             C. surprise       D. tears

32.(    ) A. white       B. red             C. gray      D. pale

33.(    ) A. middle       B. last         C. end        D. beginning

34.(    ) A. writing       B. knowing      C. thinking      D. wanting

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