PeopleoftenaskmehowIwritewithfourchildren.Moreoftenthan...

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People often ask me how I write with four children.

More often than not, my stories are pieced together, written, and edited in a series of    36    moments. If I’m working while the kids are home, I have the added     37    of tuning out their chaos. I’ll write and write until I fall under a spell(着迷), and just when I was getting     38   , it happens—Camille will    39    into my office wearing a big smile—and a smelling diaper (尿布).

I wish I had a daily    40   , a solid time no one can interrupt, but I don’t. I may go days or even weeks without writing. I hate these    41   , but much as I like to believe the world needs my writing, my daughters need me much more. So for now I write when I can. While this arrangement works, I sometimes    42    how productive I’d be if my life wasn’t stop-and-go. With time on my side, I could be a writing machine,    43    at once what would normally take me months. 

This leads me to a question I find    44    to all parents: Do kids hold back or    45    our dreams? Children are needy by nature, and regardless of how much    46    we show them, they want more. By the time we tend to them, we’re tired out—and    47    in the mood to follow our dream. They push our personal pleasures    48    and slow us down, making tortoises out of hares.

On the other hand, children add a richness to our lives that I believe inspires better work, thus   49    for time we lose. As a writer, I don’t find inspiration sitting at my computer.    50   , I find it when I’m out living, and the    51    I take because of my children—going to the ballpark, birthday parties, even doctor visits—put me in    52    with people who constantly set off new ideas. Many ideas arise through    53    conversation, which can    54    me like thunder. Immediately, I’ll make a mental note, knowing that someday I’ll use that    55    in a story.

36．A. quiet            B. critical        C. stolen          D. precious

37．A. challenge        B. courage         C. instruction     D. priority

38．A. direction        B. inspiration     C. invention       D. application

39．A. crawl            B. slip            C. jog             D. tiptoe

40．A. habit            B. method          C. technique       D. routine

41．A. needs            B. days            C. weeks           D. breaks

42．A. wonder           B. believe         C. deny            D. doubt

43．A. operating        B. working         C. accomplishing   D. running

44．A. challenging      B. relevant        C. remaining       D. controversial

45．A. prevent          B. inspire         C. awake           D. interpret

46．A. effort           B. attention       C. concentration   D. time

47．A. totally          B. practically     C. hardly          D. fairly

48．A. aside            B. back            C. ahead           D. down

49．A. allowing         B. turning         C. calling         D. compensating

50．A. Still            B. Instead         C. Therefore       D. Consequently

51．A. paths            B. chances         C. risks           D. courses

52．A. harmony          B. agreement       C. line            D. contact

53．A. brief            B. casual          C. normal          D. intelligent

54．A. explode          B. destroy         C. hit             D. multiply

55．A. piece            B. talk            C. scene           D. acquaintance

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36-40 CABAD     41-45DACBB      46-50BCADB 51-55ADBCA

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