完形填空专练（考卷36-55题）(共英语日记20小题；每小题1.5分positive outlook，满分30分)
第1篇
I first started writing in the summer of 1998. Back then I was a teacher. After years of dreaming, I decided it was finally time to write a book. For 10 years I wrote, __36__ four middlegrade novels and six picture books almost only to editors. This was __37__ in the snailmail age. Remember the __38__ you experienced as a child waiting for birthday prents to arrive in the mail? That was me for the better part of a decade.
In Spring 2009, at the last minute, I decided to hand in a middlegrade historical novelinver to a __39__ at a local writing conference. I knew in my heart that it was my __40__ work, but I wasn't sure how it would be __41__ alongside pieces meant for the adult market. But then—I won. My prize __42__ a oneonone interview with an editor who, after __43__ my manuscript, asked, “Why don't you have a(n) __44__ yet？”
Not long after that, I __45__ with my first agent. Then in 2013, after parting with my first age
nt, I was again faced with the __46__ for reprentation. This time I submitted to three agencies and got two __47__. Over the span of 20 years, I've got 18 completed manuscripts and was __48__ almost 350 times. It took me 14 years to e my first book __49__ the shelf. You could look at the numbers and get pretty __50__. I can look at the numbers and feel the same. I know plenty of people with a __51__ apprenticeship(学徒期). I have friends who have been more __52__. All sorts of authors I __53__ with in 2012 have published far more than I have. But here's the __雅思考官54__ thing I've learned in the last 20 years: My process is mine. My journey is mine. Each book finds its way on its own.
uniformThe writing life is a longterm journey. There is no right way. There is no __55__ fix. There is no easy road. There is a lot of frustration and disappointment, but there is joy and satisfaction, too.
( )36. A. submitting B. lending C. keeping D. prenting
( )37. A. soon B. back C. already D. later
( )38. A. appreciation B. entertainment C. anticipation D. embarrassment
( )39. A. publisher B. newspaper C. reception D. competition
( )40. A. initial B. casual C. innovative D. subjective
( )41. A. criticized B. procesd C. received D. distributed
( )42. A. followed B. included C. ensured D. confirmed
( )43. A. correcting B. polishing C. monitoring D. reviewing
( )44. A. agent B. client C. instructor D. fan
裕兴新概念英语第二册( )45. A. signed B. bargained C. dealt D. reasoned
( )46. A. excu B. affection C. hunt D. request
( )47. A. offers B. substitutions C. professions D. complaints
( )48. A. registered B. rejected C. defeated D. derted
( )49. A. under B. beside C. off D. onworkon
( )50. A. amud B. inspired C. touched D. frustrated
( )51. A. longer B. heavier C. shorter D. newer
( )52. A. famous B. intelligent C. enthusiastic D. productive
( )53. A. debated B. mixed C. cooperated D. disagreed
( )54. A. key B. handy C. funny D. lively
( )55. A. temporary B. quick C. possible D. flexible
holly第2篇周思成快乐大本营
Last summer I went on a twoday river rafting trip with my teenage daughter as the river guide. I was proud to e my baby girl ______36__ and confidently moving our raft through a variety of __37__ whitewater conditions. I also found it____38__to have my da
立即ughter giving commands and barking __39__ as to when and how to paddle(用桨划船)．
As we approached the largest __40__ on the river I could feel my heart beating faster. Upon __41__ the turbulent(湍急的) water, our boat got __42____ on a large rock. I was in the front of the boat and reached __43__ with my paddle, thinking I would help __44__ us away from the rock. In the next instant I could feel mylf falling out of the boat and into the river. I did have my moments of __45__ and terror.
This resistance disappeared quickly, __46__ I landed in the cold, powerfully turbulent water. __47__ my highquality flotation vest, I was pulled underwater, __48__ thankfully, within conds I popped(冒出) back up to the __49__. A few moments later one of the other trip leaders called for me to __50__ toward his boat, where I was quickly pulled up and in. I was shaken, out of breath, and quite __51__to be out of the turbulent water.
