初三上英语寒假作业4201501无答案版.docxVIP

(A)I entered St.Thomas Hospital as a medical student at the age of 18 and spent five years there. I was an unsatisfactory 1, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it. I wanted, I had always wanted to be a writer and in the evenings, after my high tea, I 2 and read. Before long, I wrote a novel, called Liza of Lambeth, 3 I sent to the publisher and was accepted. 4 appeared during my last year at the hospital and had something of a success. It was of course an accident, 5 naturally I did not know that. I felt I could afford to 6medicine and make writing my profession, so, three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I set out for Spain to write another book. 7 now, and knowing as I do the terrible difficulties of making a living by writing, I 8 I was taking a fearful risk. It never even occurred to me.The next ten years were very 9 , and I earned an average of ￡ 100 a year. Then I had a bit of 10. The manager of the Court Theater put on a play that failed, the next play he arranged to put on was not ready, and he was at his ‘wits’ end（黔驴计穷）. He read a play of 11 and, though he did not much like it, he thought it might just run for six weeks till the play he had 12could be produced. It ran for fifteen months. Within a short while I had four plays running in London at the same time. Nothing of the kind had ever happened before. I was the talk of the town. One of the students at St. Thomas’s hospital asked the eminent surgeon（外科医生） with whom I had worked whether he remembered me. “Yes, I remember him quite well,” he said, “one of our failures, I’m afraid.” 1. A. teacherB. writerC. studentD. doctor2. A. playedB. wroteC. spokeD. listened3. A. whichB. whereC. whatD. when4. A. TheyB. ThisC. ItD. One5. A. orB. soC. andD. but 6. A. give upB. take upC. call upD. pick up7. A. Putting downB. Taking onC. Looking backD. Turning up8. A. noticeB. hopeC. realize D. recognize9. A. excitingB. happyC. boringD. hard10. A. luckB. workC. sorryD. fun