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2024-2025学年下学期高中英语外研社版（2019）高三同步经典题精练之阅读理解

一．阅读理解（共20小题）

1．MyfirstbookhadbeenrejectedbyeverymajorAmericanpublisher.Myfirstagentwasntcommunicating.Mylifelongdreamasasuccessfulauthorwasintatters.

Itisntgoingtohappen，Isaidtomyfriend.And1havetoacceptit.

ifyoulosefaithinyourproduct，nooneelsewillhavefaithinit，shetoldme.

Iknewshewasright.But，howcouldIbelieveinmyselfwhenIhitawallateveryturn？IknewIhadagoodproduct.Thebookfeaturedinterviewswiththeworld﹣famouspeoplewhohadlearnedhowtosucceedandleadthehardway.Ithadinformationthatcouldhelpotherpeople.Asaconsumer，IwouldhavelovedthatbookbecauseithadthegreatwisdomIsodesperatelyneeded.And，theirstoriesmadeforgoodreading.Ihadagoodbook.WhatIdidnthavewasapublisher.Ihadtofindawaytogetthatbookontheshelvesandsold.But，how？

Thehardestchallengewasforcingmyselftodobattleagain.Ihadtofindthestrengthtobelieveinmyselfwhenitseemedlikenooneelsebelievedinme.WhenIhitawall，Iusuallyneedtogetmoreinformationtofigureoutwhatisgoingwrong.So，Ididsomeresearchandfoundoutthatmyinitialversionofthebook—wherealltheinterviewsubjectsgottheirownchapters—wasntmarketabletobigpublishersbecausethatformatwouldnotselltonsofbooks.WhatIhadtodowasrecognizeitandrestructurethebook.

Ineededanagent.Therewerethousandsofagents.Surelyoneofthemwouldberightforme.So，Istartedsendingoutquery（询问）letters.Withinaweek，Ihadadozenagentswhowantedthebook.IchosetheonewhoIthoughtwouldbelieveinmeandmydream.Shedidgetmemychoicesofpublishers.

HardWonWisdomwoundupbeingabest﹣sellingbook.

（1）WhichcanbestreplacetheunderlinedpartintattersinParagraph1？

A．Great.

B．Ruined.

C．Strange.

D．Cherished.

（2）Howcantheauthorsfirstbookbedescribed？

A．Itisverytheore