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I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the1rang in the
kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the2was Marty Banderas, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft
(草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. 'I have a couple of3 .' Banderas said, 'First, how old are you?' 'I'm
48,' I replied. 'Are you in good 4?' 'Yes, excellent. What's this about?' 'I've sold your novels5one and
a half million dollars.'
I sat down in6 . I had written over four novels in twenty years, but each one had been7by the
publishers. I suppose many people would have been8, but not me. Each time, I just9writing another one.
My husband advised me to find something else to do. But I refused to10up. Seeing this book11was the
best thing that has ever happened to me. It's a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best seller
12two weeks after publication!
I got my first lesson in story13from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who
gave me encouragement of14. She sparked (鼓舞, 激励) my15and she has been a16influence on me. I
always had stories running through my17as soon as I could write. I18them down on paper.
I married young and have three children, but I never stopped writing,19novels between doing the diapers
(尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my20has changed my life.

( )1. A. phone
( )2. A. line
( )3. A. novels
( )4. A. wealth
( )5. A. to
( )6. A. need
( )7. A. rejected
( )8. A. worried
( )9. A. couldn't help
( )10. A. hold
( )11. A. sold
( )12. A. books
( )13. A. writing
( )14. A. use
( )15. A. hope
( )16. A. lasting
( )17. A. head
( )18. A. took
( )19. A. writing
( )20. A. friend

B. bell
B. step
B. things
B. health
B. for
B. joy
B. received
B. encouraged
B. got down to
B. look
B. published
B. shops
B. organizing
B. love
B. efforts
B. normal
B. mouth
B. put
B. reading
B. call C. clock
C. outside
C. questions
C. state
C. on
C. settlements
C. decided
C. discouraged
C. got used to
C. give
C. printed
C. record
C. telling
C. meaning
C. novels
C. careful
C. voice
C. broke
C. developing
C. success D. alarm
D. doorway
D. problems
D. order
D. in
D. shock
D. lost
D. excited
D. went on
D. set
D. passed
D. list
D. reading
D. respect
D. imagination
D. general
D. work
D. added
D. translating
D. work