C．Once and Future King.

　　D．The Mezentian Gate.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段的"... The Sword of Shannara. It became the first work of fiction ever to appear on the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller List ... but neither had an influence quite like The Sword of Shannara. Fantasies were truly reborn."可知，The Sword of Shannara的出版标志着奇幻文学的重生。

　　3．The underlined phrase "climbed aboard the bandwagon" probably means "________"．

　　A．faced challenges

　　B．gave up hope

　　C．made an announcement

　　D．followed the trend

　　解析：选D　词义猜测题。根据第三段的"As the popularity of fantasies began to grow quickly ..."可知，奇幻文学的受欢迎程度迅速提高；由"...now, in an age of post­modern computer technology, the impossible is no longer a concern. Since the release and popularity of The Lord of the Rings ..."可知，由于电脑技术的发展，随着奇幻文学的流行，电影业和电视业也加入到这个大潮中来，由此可判断本短语的含义为"顺应潮流"。

　　4．What does the passage mainly talk about?

　　A．Types of fantasies.

　　B．Famous fantasy works.

　　C．The development of fantasies.

　　D．The popularity of fantasies.

　　解析：选C　主旨大意题。本文以时间为线索，介绍了奇幻文学的发展。

　　Ⅱ.阅读七选五

　　How to Write a Novel

　　Many people start novels but never finish them. If you are thinking about writing one, here are some ways to follow through.

　　Talk to yourself. Handwrite or type an overview of the story, translating from emotional concepts to concrete story ideas.__1__

　　Outline the story. Break the story into inciting incidents, problems, and solutions. This outline, which will be broken into three acts, will trace the threat, the fight, and the conquest.

　　Create the protagonist (主人公). Create your lead character or protagonist and other principals, working out the back story or history of that person, their wants and needs, friends, family, schooling - everything you can imagine.

__2__ Provide individual features for the protagonist's philosophical and immediate motivations, and try to explain them fully or properly. What is the conflict within? Who blocks his