Ⅴ. 短文填空
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词,使短文通顺。
The story and the character alone cannot make a novel yet. To make a novel, a plot (情节) should be designed first, even (1) anything else is considered.
Let's take a look at this (2) provided by E. M. Forster. And it will surely help to tell the (3) between "story" and "plot". "The king died and then the queen died" is not a plot, (4) a story. If we make it "The king died and then the queen died of sadness", we have a plot. The expression "of sadness" shows how we (5) an event and its relationship with other events. It also shows how we make events (6) according to our thoughts.
Different from the (7) world, the world of fiction is created by the writer. The very word "plot" often covers the (8) own thoughts and ideas. That is to say, the purpose of creating a plot is to make readers clear about how each event is (9) and how the writer thinks. A plot is also called a storyline. If a writer wants to create a traditional plot, the most (10) is that it should be a complete and unified(统一的) action, which is something with a beginning, a middle and an end.