二、完形填空（10分）
When I was young, my family was poor. So our weekends were filled with simple things we could do for
, like picnics, bike rides, and my favourite—trips to the library.
Thanks to the library's children's section(区), I fell in love with
. I had my parents read the books we borrowed over and over until we needed to
them.
When I was about five years old and started to read on my own, I had a curious thought: I knew we could get books from the library or buy them in shops if we had the money, but
did stories come from? I asked my mother this question, and she said that the stories were made up by writers. These people wrote down the stories so they could be
with others.
Many years later, I still remembered that moment. It was like I'd been struck (击中) by lightning (闪电). I knew my dream in this world. I would be one of those
. I began by making up stories about animals, telling them to my grandmother
I didn't have the writing skills to write them down
. I filled notebooks with words when I grew a little older. I started to learn some of the writing
at school, such as grammar and basic story structures (结构). I finished my homework
each day so I could write for the rest of the evening. In this way, I completed my first story by fourteen.
(
B
) 1. A. change B. free C. love D. help
(
C
) 2. A. games B. pictures C. stories D. music
(
A
) 3. A. return B. buy C. record D. keep
(
D
) 4. A. when B. how C. what D. where
(
A
) 5. A. shared B. changed C. bought D. dreamed
(
C
) 6. A. students B. riders C. writers D. shopkeepers
(
B
) 7. A. if B. because C. but D. so
(
A
) 8. A. myself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves
(
B
) 9. A. materials B. skills C. styles D. words
(
D
)10. A. correctly B. carefully C. patiently D. quickly
