When growing up, I hadn't the slightest curiosity about the authors of books I read; it  was the _      that was important. My mother, and sometimes my father. read _      to us every  night.   I could hardly wait        I could read and write my own books. But in the first grade,
I would sit with a group of       while the teacher turned over large sheets of paper.         had been written in crayon and seemed to have something to do with        in one corner-a cat or dog or a tree in autumn. One by one the other children read aloud those black        while I sat unhappy. One day I decided that perhaps       was just making stories up. So the next time when the teacher       to the words, I eagerly _      a story about a dog attacking a cat          a tree in autumn. The teacher looked sad and-shook her _       , and I knew that I still had not discovered the magic secret.
By the time I          fifth grade, "writing books" was still my favorite hobby. I rushed home from school each day to write down        had been forming in my head. At sixteen my  first story was        in a church magazine. In college, where I was studying to be a psychologist, was able to pay my        by writing stories. When I got my bachelor's degree, I decided to write more than anything else, so I began writing        . I have since published books for both children and       _ . I'm not happy unless I spend some time writing. Usually I write about six hours each day. I spend three months to a year on a children's book.          how well I know the        before I begin. A neovel for adults takes a year or two. When my work is going well. I wake early in the mornings, hoping it is time to get up.

A．experience B．story C．process D．class

A．aloud B．loudly C．loud D．widely

A．before B．after C．until D．though

A．teachers B．parents C．children D．writers

A．Lectures B．Rules C．Meanings D．Sentences

A．words B．news C．pictures D．promises

A．pages B．marks C．dots D．grades

A．reading B．listening C．speaking D．playing

A．turned B．picked C．pointed D．intended

A． set up B．told up C．made up D． put up

A．beneath B．over C． above D．inside

A．arm B．head C．leg D．ruler

A．arrived B．finished C．reached D．managed

A．whichever B．however C．whatever D．wherever

A．rewarded B．published C．recalled D．received

A．family B．work C．child D．tuition

A．part-time B．full-time C．sometime D．in time

A．adults B．men C．women D．students

A．figuring out B．carrying on C．depending on D．bringing out

A．readers B．characters C．topics D．chapters