完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
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David Adler is a dreamer. As a boy, he often 1 stories to make his brothers and sisters happy. His parents owned a house with three 2 . They used it to keep unwanted things on the third floor. David loved to crawl (爬) around up there, looking through all the things. It gave him ideas for even more stories to tell!
David, the dreamer, grew up and became a 3 . One day his three - year - old nephew (侄子) visited him. He asked David a question. That question was 4 by another question. And another. And another. The boy's questions just kept coming! 5 he left, David's head was filled with all the questions his nephew had asked. David Adler wrote a story using all those 6 . He sent it off to a publisher (出版社) to see whether they liked it. They did! His first story was going to 7 a book! It was called *A Little at a Time*.
Not a lot changed after David Adler wrote his first book. The 8 thing that changed was he started doing more writing. David 9 to take a break from teaching when his first son was born. His wife had a good job and wanted to go back to work. David had to stay at home to 10 his son.
One day, David took notes of all the things that he needed each time he took the baby 11 . That thought inspired (激发) him to write a mystery book. It would be the first of many books centered on a character named Cam Jansen, a girl with a (n) 12 memory. The books were a big 13 . Then he gave up teaching and became a full - time writer.
David Adler has dreamed up a lot of different stories. He still 14 a lot of time dreaming. It is how he comes up with ideas for his books. He does his best work when he just writes the things that come into his 15 .
1. A. discussed
B. created
C. offered
D. suggested
2. A. rooms
B. windows
C. walls
D. floors
3. A. teacher
B. writer
C. doctor
D. director
4. A. guided
B. followed
C. answered
D. asked
5. A. After
B. Before
C. Because
D. If
6. A. poems
B. dreams
C. details
D. thoughts
7. A. write
B. become
C. publish
D. buy
8. A. whole
B. terrible
C. proper
D. only
9. A. refused
B. agreed
C. decided
D. continued
10. A. deal with
B. worry about
C. care for
D. hear from
11. A. inside
B. outside
C. ahead
D. upstairs
12. A. amazing
B. boring
C. moving
D. exciting
13. A. success
B. decision
C. chance
D. choice
14. A. takes
B. costs
C. spends
D. pays
15. A. ears
B. eyes
C. hands
D. head

◇完形填空
本文为记叙文，讲述了 David Adler 如何从一个梦想家成长为全职作家的过程。
1.B。考查动词。根据上文 David Adler is a dreamer.可知，David 是一个梦想家，由此可推测他会经常编故事让兄弟姐妹开心。故选B。
2.D。考查名词。根据下文 They used it to keep unwanted things on the third floor.可知，David 的父母拥有一座三层楼的房子。故选D。
3.A。考查名词。根据下文 take a break from teaching 和 Then he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.可知，David 在成为专职作家前是一名老师。故选A。
4.B。考查动词。根据下文 And another. And another. The boy’s questions just kept coming! 可知，David 侄子的问题一个接一个，接连不断。故选B。
5.A。考查连词。根据空后 David’s head was … asked 可知，David 脑子里充斥着侄子问的这些问题，从而动笔写作，这些动作应该是发生在他侄子离开后，after 符合语境。故选A。
6.D。考查名词。根据上文 David’s head was filled with all the questions his nephew had asked 可知，David 将侄子的那些想法写进了故事里。故选D。
7.B。考查动词。根据下文 It was called A Little at a Time.可知，David 的第一个故事即将成书。故选B。
8.D。考查形容词。根据上文 Not a lot changed after David Adler wrote his first book.可知，David 写了第一本书后，生活并没有发生太大的改变，他开始进行更多的写作，这是唯一的变化。故选D。
9.C。考查动词。根据下文 His wife had a good job … at home to可知，David 的妻子找到了一个好工作，且想去上班，所以综合考虑第一个孩子出生后的家庭情况，David 决定先暂停工作。故选C。
10.C。考查动词短语。根据空后宾语 his son 可知，此处指的是“照顾他的儿子”。故选C。
11.B。考查副词。根据空前 David took notes of … each time he took the baby 可知，此处是说每次带孩子出去 David 都将他需要的东西记下来。故选B。
12.A。考查形容词。根据空前 a girl with 和空后的名词 memory 可知，此处是说这个女孩有着惊人的记忆力。故选A。
13.A。考查名词。根据下文 Then he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.可知，正是由于写书获得了成功，所以 David 才放弃教书，专职写作。故选A。
14.C。考查动词。根据主语 He 和空后 a lot of time dreaming 可知，本句考查 sb. spend(s) some time doing sth.“某人花时间做某事”的结构。故选C。
15.D。考查名词。根据上文 He still … a lot of … ideas for his books.可知，David 无拘无束地发挥想象，这就是进入大脑的灵感之源，本句考查短语 come into one’s head“进入某人的脑海”。故选D。

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完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，填入空白处。
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