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【題目】My first book had been rejected by every major American publisher. My first agent, wasn’t communicating. My dream of a life as a successful author was in tatters.

“It isn’t going to happen,” I said to my friend. “And I have to accept it.”

“If you lose faith in your product, no one else will have faith in it,” she told me.

And, I knew she was right. But, how could I believe in myself when I hit a wall at every turn? I knew I had a good product. The book featured interviews with world-famous people who had learned how to succeed and lead—the hard way. It had information that could help other people. As a consumer, I would have loved that book because it had the great wisdom I so desperately needed. And, their stories made for good reading. I had a good book. What I didn’t have was a publisher. I had to find a way to get that book sold and on the shelves. But, how?

The hardest challenge was forcing myself to do battle again. I had to find the strength to believe in myself when it seemed like no one else believed in me. When I hit a wall, I usually need to get more information to figure out what is going wrong. So, I did some research and found out that my initial vision for the book-where all the interview subjects got their own chapters-wasn’t marketable to big publishers because that format does not sell tons of books. What I had to do was recognize, restructure and rewrite.

I needed an agent. There are thousands of agents. Surely one of them was right for me. So, I started sending out query（詢(xún)問(wèn)）letters. Within a week, I had a dozen agents who wanted the book. I chose the one who I thought would believe in me and my dream. She did get me my choices of publishers.

Hard won Wisdom wound up being a best-selling book. But, it almost never was.

【1】Which can best replace the underlined part “in tatters” in Paragraph 1?

A. Great. B. Ruined.

C. Strange. D. Cherished.

【2】How can the author’s first book be described?

A. It is very theoretical. B. It contains many love stories.

C. It is about a well-known person. D. It is quite useful for many people.

【3】Which part of the mentioned book was changed by the author?

A. The cover of it. B. The main content.

C. The structure of it. D. The introduction part.

【4】What does the author’s story tell us?

A. Never give up. B. Easier said than done.

C. Every man has his faults. D. Never judge a book by its cover.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】這是一篇敘述文。本文主要講述了自己推銷(xiāo)自己的第一本書(shū)的親身經(jīng)歷，告訴讀者無(wú)論再難都不要輕言放棄。作者的第一本書(shū)沒(méi)有出版社愿意出版，找不到合適的代理人，貌似作者想成為一名成功的作家是不可能了，但是作者始終沒(méi)有放棄，認(rèn)為是金子總會(huì)發(fā)光，自己的書(shū)會(huì)成為暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)。

【1】詞義猜從題。該句前面講的是作者的第一本書(shū)被出版社拒絕，第一個(gè)代理人也不能交流，所以作者的處境是艱難的，因?yàn)樽髡邔?xiě)的是書(shū)，所以他想成為一名成功的作家，但是他的處境使他成為成功的作家的夢(mèng)想破滅了。A. Great.好的； B. Ruined.毀滅的；C. Strange. 奇怪的； D. Cherished.珍愛(ài)的。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

【2】推理判斷題。由文中第四段的 It had information that could help other people.可知，作者的這本書(shū)對(duì)很多人是有用的。故D選項(xiàng)正確。

【3】推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第三段及What I had to do was recognize, restructure and rewrite.可知，作者書(shū)的結(jié)構(gòu)需要重新寫(xiě)。C選項(xiàng)正確。

【4】主旨大意題。文中反復(fù)提到作者的書(shū)無(wú)法出版的問(wèn)題，而作者正視這些問(wèn)題，不斷的修改，期望能出版，期間作者從未放棄，一直堅(jiān)信自己的書(shū)會(huì)成為暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)，所以他想告訴讀者不要放棄。故A選項(xiàng)正確。