定时训练(12)专题特训(完形填空)(一)SectionAIremembervividlythecallthatchangedmylife.ItwasTuesday，February18，whenthe__1__ranginthekitchenofmyLosAngeleshome.OnthelinewasMartyBanderas，aliteraryagenttowhomIhadsentadraft(草稿)ofmynovelthreeweeksearlier.“Ihaveacoupleof__2__，”Banderassaid.“First，howoldareyou？”“I'm48，”Ireplied.“Areyouingoodhealth？”“Yes，excellent.What'sthisabout？”“I'vesoldyournovels__3__oneandahalfmilliondollars.”Isatdowninshock.Ihadwrittenfourteennovelsintwentyyears，buteachonehadbeen__4__bythepublishers.Isupposemanypeoplewouldhavebeendiscouraged，butnotme.Eachtime，Ijust__5__writinganotherone.Myhusbandadvisedmetofindsomethingelsetodo，butIrefusedto__6__up.Seeingthisbook__7__wasthebestthingthathaseverhappenedtome.It'samysterystory(likealltheothers)anditwasonthebest－seller__8__twoweeksafterpublication！Igotmyfirstlessoninstorytellingfrommygrandmother.Sheusedtoreadmestories.Shewastheonewhogavemea__9__ofwords.Shesparked(激发)myimaginationandshehasbeena__10__influenceonme.IalwayshadstoriesrunningthroughmyheadandassoonasIcouldwrite，Iputthemdownonpaper.ImarriedyoungandIhavethreechildren，butIneverstoppedwriting，__11__novelsbetweendoingthediapers(婴儿的尿布)anddishes.I'mwritinganothernovelnow.Yes，my__12__haschangedmylife.1．A.phoneB.bellC．clockD.alarm解析前面提到了“记得一个电话”。call是“电话”之意，当然下文仍然指当电话响的时候“我”正在厨房里，故选phone。答案A2．A.novelsB.thingsC．questionsD.problems解析从接下来的几个句子可知这里指有几个问题要问。答案C3．A.toB.forC．onD.in解析sellsthforsomemoney意为“把某物卖了多少钱”，此处意为“我把你的小说卖了一百五十万美元”。答案B4．A.rejectedB.receivedC．decidedD.lost解析指以前写的小说一直都被出版社退回。答案A5．A.couldn'thelpB.gotdowntoC．gotusedtoD.wenton解析getdowntodoing“开始着手做某事”。承接上文意思，这句说：每次被出版社退回后，我不灰心，开始着手写另一本。goondoing指继续做同一件事。答案B6．A.holdB.lookC．giveD.set解析固定短语giveup。句意：丈夫建议我做点别的事情，但我不放弃。答案C7．A.soldB.publishedC．printedD.passed解析seesthdone是固定用法，此处指看到这本书被出版。答案B8．A.booksB.shopsC．recordD.list解析指这本书在畅销品之列。答案D9．A.useB.loveC．meaningD.respect解析是祖母给“我”讲故事让“我”喜欢上文字。答案B10．A.lastingB.normalC．carefulD.general解析祖母通过那些故事对“我”产生了持久的影响。答案A11．A.thinkingB.readingC．developingD.translating解析developnovels“展开故事”。答案C12．A.friendB.callC．successD.work解析指“我”写小说这件事的成功改变了“我”的一生。答案CSectionBDearUncleSid，Thisweek，CarlaandIhavebeenvisitingCalgaryinCanada，sothatwecouldgoskiing.YouprobablyhaveneverheardofCalgary，__1__itisthethirdlargestcityinCanada.Itisabout300kmsouthofEdmonton.Calgary__2__becameasettlementinthe1870s.Back__3__，itwaslittlemorethananarmycampprotectinghuntersandmerchants.Thecityonlyreallybegantogrowafter1883，__4__therailwayreachedit.ThousandsofpeopletravelledwestwardstoCalgarytostartfarmsandraisecattle.Today，Calgaryisamodern，dynamiccity.Ithasmanyshoppingmallsandskyscrapers.__5__，itstillhasthesamefrontierspiritoftheOldWest—manypeoplewearcowboyhatsandboots，andcountrymusicisverypopular.Yesterday，__6__wenttothenearbymountains.Itwasfreezingcold.However，asaphotographeryou__7__haveenjoyedtheopportunitytoseethisplace—itwassobeautifulthatittookmybreathaway.Ireallylovethisplace.Thereissomuc...
