Question

When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day. Like many 16  writers on the Internet, the  17  woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).

Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost  18  to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing  19  on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 20  she is familiar with.

Amy has been interested in writing  21  she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels  22  people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 23  she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She  24  immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.

Now Amy is a full-time  25  . So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them  26  .

“The Internet made me famous and brought me  27  ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am 28  with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to  29  to work in the medical industry.”

“ Before that day comes, I’ll keep  30  for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.

16. A. other            B. others           C. another          D. the other

17. A. 28-year-old      B. 28-years-old         C. 28 years old     D. 28-year old

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

19. A. reports          B. novels           C. diaries          D. plays

20. A. who              B. which            C. that             D. whom

21. A. when             B. while            C. since        D. until

22. A. about            B. of               C. to           D. with

23. A. that             B. if                   C. why              D. how often

24. A. agreed       B. disagreed            C. refused          D. left

25. A. housewife        B. editor           C. saleswoman  D. writer

26. A. will print       B. were printing        C. printed          D. were printed

27. A. success          B. succeed              C. successful  D. successfully

28. A. unhappy          B. angry            C. satisfied        D. proud

29. A. come         B. go               C. return       D. get

30. A. to write         B. writing              C. write        D. written

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文介绍了一名网络作家Amy的成名过程，以及她功成名退的良好心态。

【解析】16. A。other后可跟可数名词复数，others不可。句意“像许多别的互联网作家一样”。

17. A。考查复合形容词作定语。28-year-old作定语，中间要加连字符，且year不加s。故选A。

18. D。由上文可知，她忙了6个月，而剩下的没什么什么事。

19. B。由下文可知，她是在写小说。

20. C。考查定语从句。先行词包含人和物时，用that。

21. C。句意为“自从她是个孩子的时候，就已经对写小说感兴趣了”。

22. D。考查固定搭配。Share...with...意为“和……分享”。

23. B。句意为“……问她是否出售电子版权（授权）……”

24. A。由下文可知，她只有同意，才得到了$ 1,500。

25. D。由上文可知，她的职业是个作家。

26. D。考查过去时的被动语态。句意为“……其中五部被印刷”。

27. A。句意为“互联网使我出名并带给我成功”。Success为名词。

28. C。be satisfied with意为“对……满意”。

29. C。由上文可知，她以前在医疗行业工作，以后要做以前的工作。用return。

30. B。keep后跟v-ing形式。