C．friends D．stories

　　【解析】　代词指代题。联系本段"My friend said：'Now we believe your stories，'"Welty added."And I said：'Now you know.These are the people that make me write them.'"可知，朋友们相信Eudora Welty的故事是真实的，正是在现实生活中从这些陌生的人口中得到的信息才让她写出这些故事。本文并未提到readers(读者)，故排除A项；文中虽然提到了party(聚会)，但此处them并非指聚会，故排除B项；文中也提到了friends(朋友)，但此处them并非指朋友，故排除C项。

　　【答案】　D

　　3．What can we learn about the characters in Welty's fiction?

　　A．They live in big cities.

　　B．They are mostly women.

　　C．They come from real life.

　　D．They are pleasure seekers.

　　【解析】　推理判断题。根据最后一段"Beauticians，bartenders，piano players and people with purple hats，Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends，from walks through the streets of her native Jackson..."可知，她故事中的角色都是取材于生活中各个阶层的人。A项说"他们生活在大城市"，显然与各个层次的人不符；B项说"他们大多是妇女"，也与文章不符；D项说"他们是快乐的追寻者"，文章未提及。

　　【答案】　C

　　Ⅲ.阅读七选五

　　There are many ways to fame.Whatever your own recipe(秘诀) is，if you want to make it really big，don't follow in anyone else's footprints. 1

　　1．Do something unusual

Celebrity(成名)is all about standing out from the crowd. 2 Charles Blondin started