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. 小题1: A．experience B．story C．process D．class 小题2: A．aloud B．loudly C．loud D．widely 小题3: A．before B．after C．until D．though 小题4: A．teachers B．parents C．children D．writers 小题5: A．Lectures B．Rules C．Meanings D．Sentences 小题6: A．words B．news C．pictures D．promises 小题7: A．pages B．marks C．dots D．grades 小题8: A．reading B．listening C．speaking D．playing 小题9: A．turned B．picked C．pointed D．intended 小题10: A． set up B．told up C．made up D． put up 小题11: A．beneath B．over C． above D．inside 小题12: A．arm B．head C．leg D．ruler 小题13: A．arrived B．finished C．reached D．managed 小题14: A．whichever B．however C．whatever D．wherever 小题15: A．rewarded B．published C．recalled D．received 小题16: A．family B．work C．child D．tuition 小题17: A．part-time B．full-time C．sometime D．in time 小题18: A．adults B．men C．women D．students 小题19: A．figuring out B．carrying on C．depending on D．bringing out 小题20: A．readers B．characters C．topics D．chapters