2019版高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 教材重点全程攻略 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note限时规范特训 新人教版必修.docVIP

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note Ⅰ.完形填空 From childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughout school she __1__ writing, but pursuing (追求) it __2__ was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse. “Medicine was a fairly __3__ option，” Moira says. “And writing was a career where it wasnt a __4__ that youd have high income.” She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so __5__ that she didnt take up writing until her thirties. She __6__ a novel—a fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She got excellent __7__. Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to __8__ her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her __9__ as an author. “I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we __10__ all possible areas she thought needed __11__. I worked on those and sent it back to her but didnt hear anything.” It was not long __12__ Moira found another agent who was __13__ if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter：‘Thank you, Im no longer interested.’ It was really __14__.” A decade went by, and Moira found herself itching to write again, this time __15__ for her own enjoyment. She __16__ herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting. As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters __17__ a life of their own; they started doing things I hadnt thought about. It just __18__ out.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March. “__19__ it hadnt been published I still would have gained so much from the __20__，” says Moira. 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文，主要叙述了Moira的写作经历。Moira在最初写作时并不顺利，图书不被认可，屡屡碰壁。但当她转变心态，纯粹是为了自己的喜爱而写作时，她却收获了意外之喜——图书得以出版。 1．A.learnt B．avoided C．considered D．enjoyed 答案：D