Write a winning story! You could win ￡1,000 in this year’s Fiction Prize and hav

题文

Write a winning story! You could win ￡1,000 in this year’s Fiction Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win a cheque for ￡100. once again, we need people who can write good stories. The judges, who include Mary Littlejohn, the novelist, Michael Brown, the television reporter, and Susan Hitchins, the editor of Keep Writing, are looking for interesting and original stories. Detective fiction was extremely popular last year, although the competition winner produced a love story. You can write down about whatever you want but here’s some advice to start your thinking: Write about what you know This is the advice which every writer should pay attention to and, last year, nearly everyone who wrote for us did exactly that. Love, family, problems with friends ---- the were the main subjects of the stories. However, you need to turn ordinary situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way. Get your facts right It’s no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a jet engine works if you get it wrong. So avoid writing anything unless you’re certain about it. Hold the reader’s attention Make the beginning interesting and the ending a surpri. There is nothing wor than a poor ending. Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening at the end. Think about the characters Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chon words to make them em real. Your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2,5000 words and typed, double-spaced, on one side only of each sheet of paper. Even if you’re in danger of missing the closing date, we are unable to accept stories by fax or email. You must include the application form with your story. Unfortunately your story cannot be returned, nor can we discuss our decisions. You should not have had any fiction printed in any magazine or book in this country ---- a change in the rules by popular request ---- and the story must not have happened in print or in recorded form, for example on radio or TV, anywhere in the world. Your fee of ￡5 will go to the Writers’ Association. Make your cheque payable to Keep Writing and nd it with the application form and your story to: Keep Writing 75 Broad Street Birmingham B12 4TG The closing date is 30 July and we will inform the winner within one month of this date. Plea note that if you win, you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.小题1:How should writers deal with ordinary situations while writing?A．They should make them appealing to readers.B．They should copy others’ ideas.C．They should change some facts to make them interesting. D．They should describe them as they are.小题2:What shouldn’t a writer do?A．Making the contents interesting.B．Getting the facts right.C．Meeting the deadline.D．Making the end ordinary.小题3:Writers should prent their works in the following ways except that ____________.A．they should write originallyB．they can type their stories as they likeC．they should follow some rulesD．they should hand in their stories in time小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．Late stories can be faxed if necessary.B．Entry needs no fee.C．Winners can have their stories printed in other magazines.D．All stories should be prented by mail. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:A小题2:D小题3:B小题4:D

解析

试题分析:本文是一篇征文启事。要求作者写出周围发生的事情，但是必须是原创作品，语言要生动，对人物刻画要栩栩如生，而且故事要能吸引读者。此外还要求稿件一律按照要求方式打印，而且获奖者不可以再向其他杂志投稿等。小题1:A细节理解题。根据文章第三段you need to turn ordinary situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.可知要把平常的情况写的有趣，能吸引读者，所以A选项正确。小题2:D 细节理解题。根据文章第五段Make the beginning interesting and the ending a surpri. There is nothing wor than a poor ending. 可知故事结尾要出人意料，不能虎头蛇尾，平淡无奇，所以答案选D。小题3:B细节理解题。 根据文章要求Your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2,5000 words and typed, double-spaced, on one side only of each sheet of paper.可知对于作品不能随意打印，要按照要求，所以B选项内容错误。小题4:D细节理解题。 根据文中You should not have had any fiction printed in any magazine or book in this country 和we are unable to accept stories by fax or email.以及Make your cheque payable to Keep Writing and nd it with the application form and your story to: Keep Writing  75 Broad Street Birmingham  B12 4TG 可知故事要以邮寄方式，而且要收费￡5，此外获奖者不可以再向其他杂志投稿，所以只有D选项内容正确。

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