可知，Bette的反应与作者的推测相反。故选However。

　　7．A.house B．car

　　C．paper D．book

　　答案：D　由第一段中的"writing a book"可推测，之后的两年时间里，作者卖掉了自己写的"书(book)"。

　　8．A.jobs B．methods

　　C．topics D．channels

　　答案：A　由第二段中的"She was in a job she ..."可推测，帕姆换了"工作(jobs)"。

　　9．A.fuller B．poorer

　　C．sadder D．simpler

　　答案：A　由下文"She built a butterfly garden ... and lived."可推断，在那两年时间里，贝蒂过着比其他人"更充实的(fuller)"生活。

　　C．laughed D．learned

　　答案：C　由贝蒂在那两年里所做的事情及倒数第二段中的"... she'd filled every moment with as much joy as she could find"可推断，贝蒂曾"笑着(laughed)"面对生活。

　　11．A.revised B．published

　　C．reviewed D．translated

　　答案：B　由下文的"my first big signing"可推断，作者的书终于被"出版(published)"了。

　　12．A.hospital B．school

　　C．garden D．company

答案：A　由下文的"as she was seriously ill"可推断，贝蒂因为