children, she became a part－time writer for IBM. __3__， writing stories was simply a __4__ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher (出版商). __5__， they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long __6__ and paid Tracy a $500,000 advance. "A pretty money，" said the publisher, "for __7__ writer."

　　__8__ Tracy's characters (人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes __9__ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. "My mother believed I could __10__ the afterlife world，" she told a close friend. "She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago."

　　"Can I? I don't think I can，" Tracy said with a laugh. "But I do have __11__ when things come to me __12__." Once, she was wondering how to complete a __13__ set in ancient (古代的) China. __14__ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man，with a copy of a book on Chinese __15__. It came without her having __16__ it.

　　Though she has published 10 books，Tracy has remained __17__ by her fame. She lives in the same __18__ she lived 27 years ago-although in a more comfortable home. There's more room for __19__ in her life-and it wasn't just __20__.

　　1．A.skill B．experience

　　C．practice D．method

　　2．A.duty B．effort

　　C．job D．task

　　3．A.Instead B．Normally

　　C．Certainly D．Then

　　4．A.general B．deep

　　C．personal D．lively

　　5．A.Interested B．Anxiously

　　C．Seriously D．Encouraged

　　6．A.film B．story

　　C．programme D．article

7．A.a foreign B．a popular