根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次，有两项剩余。

Life is full of pleasure, pain, learning, growth, happiness and sadness. Those can make people better and wiser. E. L. Konigsburg, a famous ___47___ , tells children, “Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That’s the hardest thing to find.” Konigsburg herself ___48___ many years doing many things before she discovered that she wanted to be and could be a writer.Konigsburg was ___49___ in New York City. She was a good student, graduated first in her high school class, and was the first person in her family to go to ___50___ , where she got a degree in chemistry. ___51___ finishing college, she got married and then started working on a master’s degree ( 硕士学位 ) in chemistry. When she and her husband moved to Florida, she began to teach science at a private girls’ school.

Soon, however, Konigsburg realized she was more ___52___ in what was going on inside the students than what was going on inside the test tubes ( 试管 ). She stopped teaching science and stayed at home to raise her three children. She ___53___ began to take drawing and painting classes. Some of her works won awards ( 奖 ) in competitions.

As her children grew, Konigsburg had a strong wish to write about their experiences and those of her students in the past. So she did. Today, two Newbery Awards, more than 15 books, and ___54___ of young readers later, she is still writing.

Konigsburg has a one word piece of advice for people ___55___ want to be a writer. “Finish. Don’t talk about doing it. Do it Finish.” That also makes it ___56___ to face any challenge in lives.

答案

writer    48 ． spent    49 ． born    50 ． college    51 ． After    52 ． interested    53 ． also    54 ． millions    55 ． who    56 ． easier

【导语】本文介绍 Konigsburg 的生平，以及她给人们的建议。

47 ．句意：著名作家 E. L. Konigsburg 告诉孩子们， “ 在你做任何事之前，你不得不做自己，这是最难找到的 ” 。 a 后接可数名词单数，且此处指职业，根据 “she discovered that she wanted to be and could be a writer.” 可知她是一名作家。 writer 表示 “ 作家 ” 。故填 writer 。

48 ．句意： Konigsburg 自己花了许多年的时间做了很多事情，才发现自己想成为并且能够成为一名作家。 spend time doing sth 表示 “ 花时间做某事 ” ，描述过去的事，用一般过去时。故填 spent 。

49 ．句意： Konigsburg 出生于纽约。根据 “She was a good student, graduated first in her high school class” 可知此处介绍生平， be born 表示 “ 出生 ” 。故填 born 。

50 ．句意：她是一个好学生，高中毕业时全班第一名，是家里第一个上大学的人，获得了化学学位。根据 “where she got a degree in chemistry.” 和 “finishing college” 可知获得学位的应该是大学。 college 表示 “ 大学 ” 。故填 college 。

51 ．句意：大学毕业后，她结婚了，然后开始攻读化学硕士学位。根据 “was the first person in her family to go to college, where she got a degree in chemistry.” 可知此处介绍大学毕业后的事。 after 表示 “ 在 …… 之后 ” 。故填 After 。

52 ．句意：然而， Konigsburg 很快意识到，她对学生内的情况比对试管内的情况更感兴趣。 be interested in 表示 “ 对 …… 感兴趣 ” 。故填 interested 。

53 ．句意：她也开始上素描和绘画课。根据 “She stopped teaching science and stayed at home to raise her three children. She ... began to take drawing and painting classes.” 可知此处指同时做的事， also 表示 “ 也 ” ，位于句中。故填 also 。

54 ．句意：如今，她获得了两次纽伯瑞奖，出版了超过 15 本书，拥有了数百万年轻读者，但她仍在写作。 millions of 表示 “ 上百万个 ” 。故填 millions 。

55 ．句意： Konigsburg 有一条建议给那些想成为作家的人。此句是定语从句，先行词是 people ，用 who 引导。故填 who 。

56 ．句意：这也让我们更容易面对生活中的任何挑战。 make it adj to do sth 表示 “ 让做某事变得 ……” ， easier 表示 “ 更容易 ” 。故填 easier 。