With parents who taught at school, Sophia received a fairly good education. She would have achieved 36 in a career, but she 37 to spend most of her marriage in the 38 role of wife and mother, 39 herself to her husband and her three children. At the beginning of their family life, Sophia took on the 40 for running the house in order for her husband to 41 his personal interest: writing novels. However, things weren’t going as 42 as expected. Nate’s writing failed to 43 the whole housekeeping. He had to take a position in the government to 44 for his family. Sophia tried to persuade Nate to give up his 45 for full-time writing, but he didn’t listen to her. He took his job 46 because it promised the family would be prevented from being 47 . That accounted for the shocking 48 he suffered when he lost his job. That day, he said to Sophia in a 49 , “I got fired. I am a 50 failure.”“Now you can focus your mind 51 your writing.” she responded. To make Nate believe money was no longer the major 52 ， Sophia took out a box that was fu ll of 53 . She explained that she got the money for their hand-painted lampshades. The unemployed husband did 54 a book that was a(n) 55 hit and is a long-lasting literary masterpiece. The story of Sophia’s turning her husband into a world famous writer has been widely talked about ever since then. 小题1: A．only a little B．quite a lot C．quite a few D．a great number 小题2: A．proved B．required C．selected D．preferred 小题3: A．central B．false C．traditional D．additional 小题4: A．devoting B．supporting C．deciding D．forcing 小题5: A．responsibility B．approach C．amusement D．occupation 小题6: A．observe B．reduce C．change D．follow 小题7: A．generally B．satisfactorily C．unfortunately D．quickly 小题8: A．preserve B．cover C．include D．overcome 小题9: A．support B．search C．provide D．comfort 小题10: A．aid B．interest C．job D．share 小题11: A．strictly B．truly C．carefully D．seriously 小题12: A．well off B．badly off C．straight away D．right now 1,3,5 小题13: A．cut B．loss C．disease D．defeat 小题14: A．whisper B．voice C．sense D．manner 小题15: A．free B．close C．complete D．necessary 小题16: A．on B．for C．in D．to 小题17: A．connection B．discovery C．task D．concern 小题18: A．gold B．cash C．jewelry D．silver 小题19: A．pick out B．react to C．turn out D．build up 小题20: A．ordinary B．instant C．short D．humorous