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My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City.I say he “used to” live there ______ he doesn't live there any more.He was killed two years ago.

Uncle John wrote novels.He not only ______ his job,but also made a lot of money doing it.

After Uncle John's death,I came to stay in his house for a while.I had been there for two days when I ______ a message on the screen of the old computer.I was very surprised,because I thought the computer had been ______.The message said,“You have a new ______!” When I read it,I thought it looked like the ______ of a novel.“This looks interesting,” I thought.“It must be from one of Uncle John's friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the e?mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was ______.

Every day,more emails kept arriving.I printed copies of all of them.The story was about Jane Winterbourne,a young writer working on her first novel.She sent her novel to Jack Tanner,an old writer and asked him to ______ her to publish it.However,he cheated her,and published the novel himself—pretending that he had ______ it.Tanner made a lot of money,and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City.It was then that I realized that Jack was ______ to be Uncle John.

1.A. so B. because C. though D. once

2.A. lost B. finished C. changed D. enjoyed

3.A. sent B. noticed C. read D. typed

4.A. broken down B. turned off C. sold out D. put away

5.A. information B. post C. mail D. business

6.A. picture B. story C. end D. beginning

7.A. dead B. sick C. out D. busy

8.A. teach B. help C. show D. refuse

9.A. missed B. corrected C. written D. bought

10.A. pointed B. spelt C. meant D. called

1.B 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.C 【解析】 试题本文叙述了作者的叔叔是一位作家,赚了很多钱。他在两年前被杀死了。他死后,作者在他房间里的电脑上收到很多封电子邮件,于是作者把这些电子邮件打印下来,这是一个关于Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne的故事。原来Jack ...
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