组合练(二) 语言知识精准练 完形填空+语法填空 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2022·江苏南京、盐城二模) After the publication of my first two books,I sent my publisher Summer of the Wolves.I’d written it with great passion,filled with 1 .But the publisher 2 it.I sent it to two or three other publishers.The 3 results! I thought this novel must be really bad and cried for three days.I 4 the novel.But I couldn’t stop 5 .In a few years,I focused on my skills and 6 a few more with agencies. One day,a 7 asked,“Do you have anything else?” “And yes,I did—Summer of the Wolves.” “Send it to me,” she said.So I did.A few weeks later,she 8 my rewriting it in first person. It had been written in two voices in third person.Therefore,that was a(n) 9 amount of work to me.But I was willing to take the 10 .Two months later,she 11 me when it was published and asked me to write another one.I couldn’t believe 12 was knocking at my door. I am not a great talent,but I am a 13 worker.I’ve published eleven novels but written fifteen.Will those other four ever 14 the light of day? I hope so.I keep working and never give up.It is a 15 not a short race. 语篇解读 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了作者在稿子接连被拒后没有放弃,继续坚持写作并精进文笔,最后在一位出版商的建议下修改稿子并最终成功出版的故事。 1.A.strength B.confidence C.imagination D.gratitude 答案 B 解析 strength力量;confidence自信;imagination想象;gratitude感谢。根据上文中“with great passion”可知,作者在写这本书时怀着很大的热情,因此投稿时也十分自