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Section Ⅲ 沙场点兵，能力自评 (时间：45分钟 满分100分) .完形填空 When middleaged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance(selfemployed) writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not. He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a(n)__1__typewriter and settled down to work. After a year or so, however, Alex began to__2__himself. He found it was difficult to earn his living by__3__what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test—__4__it meant living with uncertainty and fear of__5__. This is the shadowland of hope, and__6__with a dream must learn to live there. One day Alex got a call, “We need a(n)__7__， and we’re paying $ 6,000 a year.” $ 6,000 was__8__money in 1960. It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more.__9__， he could write on the side.__10__the dollars were dancing in Alexs head, something__11__his senses. He had dreamed of being a__12__—full time. “Thanks but no，” Alex said__13__， “Im going to stick it out and write.” After Alex got off the phone, he__14__everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a__15__bag, saying to himself, “There?s everything you?ve made of yourself so far.” Finally his work was__16__in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that__17__writers ever experienced. The shadows had turned into limelight. | 
