Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Did you know that for every 20,000 novels written, only one gets published? So the (1) ____ (likely) that I’ll ever fulfill my ambition of becoming a professional mystery writer doesn’t seem very high. But the prospect of turning my lifelong passion into my livelihood and achieving fame and (2) for ______ at the same time is just too exciting for me to be put off by dull statistics. So what does it (3) t_______ to become a writer? Reading is important—all writers need to research their genre thoroughly to familiarize themselves (4) _______ its codes and conventions. My bookshelves at home are stacked with the novels of all the great mystery writers, which I’ve read and in many cases, re-read, despite (5) _______ (know) all the time ―who’d done it‖. Of course, being a writer requires imagination. You have to develop your own personal style rather than simply copy the work of ―the greats‖. I’ve turned out (6) d________ of short crime stories for my university student magazine—some have been published, some not, but I’ve always aimed to produce original and imaginative material. Last but not (7) ________, successful writers possess enormous self-discipline. I’ve often sacrificed my social life in order to devote the necessary time and effort to producing a good quality story. And more than once that has meant (8) _______ the midnight oil. We’ve got a novel inside us. Getting it out in anywhere near publishable form is no (9) ______ task, but with imagination and determination, and the help of an expert on ―master class‖, who could possibly fail to (10) re_______ their ambition?