Dear Ralph,
I am an university student. I once thought life at the university must be excellent,
but now I changed my mind. I have three roommates, and I was the last one
to  move into the dormitory. Last term, I got along peacefully and happy. But I find
they are not willing to be with me now. They don’t talk with me, and they’ve
become cold toward me. Many time, I have wanted to talk with them about how I
felt like, but I failed to find an opening. When leaving alone, I always recall this
sadness. But I am an honest student. Why don’t I win true friendship?

I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18．When the   1    rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles, the   2   was Marty Banderas,  a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft( 草稿 )of my novel three weeks earlier. “I have a couple of   3  .” 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 novels       5     one and a half million dollars.” I sat down in    6    . I had written fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been    7     by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been     8     , but not me. Each time, I just      9      writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to   10    up. Seeing this book   11    was 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   12   two weeks after publication! I got my first lesson in story  13  from my grandmother. She used to read my stories. She was the one who gave me a    14     of words. She sparked (激发) my  15   and she has been a   16    influence on me. I always had stories running through my   17    and as soon as I could write, I   18     them down on paper. I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing.    19   novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I'm writing another novel now. Yes, my    20    has changed my life.

1．  A．phone      B．bell C．clock       D．alarm

2．  A．line B．step C．outside     D．doorway

3．  A．novels     B．things      C．questions D．problems

4．  A．wealth      B．health      C．condition  D．order

5．  A．to     B．for   C．on    D．in

6．  A．need  B．joy   C．settlements      D．shock

7．  A．rejected   B．received   C．decided     D．lost

8．  A．worried   B．encouraged      C．discouraged     D．excited

9．  A．couldn't help  B．got down to     C．got used to      D．went on

10．A．hold        B．look        C．give D．set

11．A．sold B．published        C．printed     D．passed

12．A．books      B．shops C．record      D．list

13．A．writing    B．organizing       C．telling      D．reading

14．A．use   B．love C．meaning   D．respect

15．A．hope        B．efforts      C．novels      D．imagination

16．A．lasting     B．normal     C．careful     D．general

17．A．head        B．mouth      C．voice       D．work

18．A．took        B．put   C．broke       D．added

19．A．writing    B．reading    C．developing      D．translating

20．A．friend      B．call   C．success     D．work

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Dear Ralph,

I am an university student. I once thought life at the university must be excellent,

but now I changed my mind. I have three roommate, and I was the last one

to move into the dormitory. Last term, I got along peacefully and happy. But I find

they are not willing to be with me now. They don’t talk with me, and they’ve

become cold toward me. Many time, I have wanted to talk with them about how I

felt like, but I failed to find an opening. When leaving alone, I always recall this

sadness. But I am an honest student. Why don’t I win true friendship?

Dear Sir,

I am university student．I once thought life at the      76．_________

university must be excellent, but now I had changed my mind．          77．_________

I have three roommates, and I was the last one to move      78．_________

into the dormitory．Last term, I got along peacefully and  79．_________

happy．But I find they are not willing to be with me now．     80．_________

They don’t talk with me, so they’ve become cold toward      81．_________

me．Many time, I have wanted to talk with them about what     82．_________

I felt like, but I failed to find an opening．When leaving   83．_________

alone, I am always recall this sadness．Why can’t I win true 84．_________

friendship? I’m lonely, and look forward to get your advice soon．       85．_________

                                                                   Yours,

                            Peter

I have three cars, and you may have ______ you like.