题目内容
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Nathaniel Hawthorne went home with a broken heart. He 1.(tell) his wife Sophia that he lost his job. 2. his surprise, she spoke to him with great joy.
“Now,” she said 3.(happy), “you can write your book! When you had your job, you didn’t have time to write down 4. you were thinking about. Now, you are free. You can do what you are dreaming! Although we may have a difficult period of time, I do believe you 5. (make) a difference by writing.”
“Yes,” said the man sadly, “but what shall we live on while I 6.(write) a book?”
Then, she took out a small box and opened it. There was a large amount of money.
“I’ve always believed you are a talented man,” she told him. “I knew that someday you would write a great book. So every week, out of money 7. you gave me for daily use, I saved a little bit.” Now this money can help 8. (we) through the year.”
With her trust and confidence, one of 9. (great) novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter (《红字》), was born.
Some of the famous 10. (story) have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend.
