2013高考英语二轮完形填空（吉林市）训练（2）及答案

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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!