Everybody has his own hero in mind and is always trying to copy his behaviors in life. As for______, my grandfather is just that man. My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a ______.

One autumn, most of the farmers in the village were all_______, so he promised to help his neighbor harvest the corn as he often did.___________, after harvesting his own corn, Grandpa’s little corn machine broke.What was_______, the factory where Grandpa worked made the workers have extra work. He had to leave the farm_______and didn’t get back until very late. It now seemed_______to help out his neighbor because he really had no free time.

One night, Grandpa________that he wouldn’t let his neighbor’s harvest rot* in the field._______a machine, he’d harvest it by hand.

“I don’t think you’d have time to do it,” said my grandma.“Besides,it would be too dark to do______at night.”

“I know of one night that I could do it!” he________.“There’s still one more full moon in October. _______the weather is clear, I think I can do it.”

A few days later, after a long shift* at the factory, my grandpa went to the _______.The weather was cold but clear. He cut all the corn through the night to keep his word.

Sometimes, when I want to_______responsibilities*, I’d see my grandfather_________corn in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of corn stocks* stand at attention in respect for a man who keeps his word.

1.A. I B. my C. me D. mine

2.A. school B. factory C. shop D. cinema

3.A. happy B. free C. busy D. nervous

4.A. Sometimes B. However C. Luckily D. Usually

5.A. worse B. better C. more D. less

6.A. early B. slowly C. quietly D. later

7.A. relaxing B. impossible C. interesting D. dangerous

8.A. wondered B. learned C. thought D. guessed

9.A. In B. With C. Through D. Without

10.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

11.A. lived B. refused C. explained D. realised

12.A. If B. Though C. Before D. After

13.A. factory B. field C. river D. house

14.A. wake up B. look up C. give up D. get up

15.A. eating B. growing C. pulling D. cutting

It was on her 14th birthday that her first book, In the Forests of the Night, was put into publication (出版). At 16, her second book, Demon in My View, also reached the bookstore. Several books later, the teenage writer still works away in her room, in which were shelves full of dark stories about vampires (吸血鬼)and witches (巫婆). Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is seen as America’s finest teen writer and was named one of Teen People’s “20 Teens Who will Change the World”.

Born in 1984, she began making up stories when she was three years old. Amelia said: “I love stories and can make up stories before I was told enough to know how to write them down.”

In her family, reading was great fun. “My parents encouraged me to read and to read anything I wanted, so long as I was reading,” she said. “They never stop what I read and never make me read the books I don’t enjoy. Later, when I started writing, they never told me that I was ‘too young to do that’. They never said it was impossible for me to get what I want. ”

In her short but successful career, Amelia has tried different stories. But vampires were the first characters to really come alive in her work. From then on, she has developed a whole world, one which she always enjoys learning more about.

Amelia’s advice to the teen writers is: just do it! “I believe anything is possible. Don’t give up on your dreams. Getting a book published is difficult but if I can do it, others can do it too. ”

1.When can readers find the book, Demon in My View, in the bookstore?

A. In 1984. B. In 1987. C. In 1998. D. In 2000.

2.Why did Amelia begin to write stories?

A. Her parents told her to do so.

B. She was a born writer.

C. She wanted to get the name “20 Teens Who will Change the World”.

D. She wanted to start a successful career.

3.Why are the shelves of books in her room important in her life?

A. She needs books to fill her room.

B. She liked to copy these wonderful books.

C. Books can give her new ideas for her own stories.

D. Books are interesting and enjoyable.

4.Which is the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. I love stories but don’t have enough stories to write down.

B. I write stories and tell my stories to other people.

C. I write my own stories before I learn how to do it in school.

D. I wrote my stories first, my parents told me to do it second.

5.Which is Amelia’s parents’ attitude (态度)?

A. They are at her back and help her a lot.

B. They encourage her and help her write some stories.

C. They buy enough books for her and read these books for her.

D. They never tell her that she is too young to read.

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