Du Fu was【小题1】 Chinese poet and politician of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai, he is 【小题2】   （frequent） called the 【小题3】(great) of the Chinese poets. 【小题4】（bear） into a scholarly family, Du Fu received a 【小题5】（tradition） Confucian education but failed in the imperial examinations of 735. As a result, he 【小题6】（spend） much of his youth traveling. During his travels he was recognized as a poet and met other poets of the period, 【小题7】 （include） the great Li Bai. He had a strong 【小题8】 （admire） for this older, freewheeling contemporary.

With hidden satire (讽刺) he wrote “Liren xing”, 【小题9】 speaks of the luxury(奢侈) of the court. He was an expert 【小题10】 all poetic styles current in his day.

Every writer dreams of seeing their words in print. So when the response from a publisher comes, the writer 【小题1】 (eager) opens and reads it. Their hearts sink when they reach the final sentence “We regret to inform you...”,【小题2】 are the words that every writer fears receiving. They may have given up their free time for years to write their life's work, yet this is often not enough. Success rarely happens overnight. A lot of highly 【小题3】 (success) writers have previously faced rejection, one of whom is J.K. Rowling.

Rowling had spent seven years 【小题4】 (write) her first book, surviving on very little money. When she finally finished the book, she received comments from publishers along the lines of “too difficult for children”, “too long”, “Children would not be interested in it”. However, she persevered. She 【小题5】 (stick) the rejection letter on her kitchen wall, knowing that it was quite normal for writers 【小题6】 (reject). “I was not going to give up 【小题7】 every single publisher turned me down,” she later posted. After a total of twelve rejections, one publisher finally agreed to print 500 【小题8】 (copy) of her book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global success, with over 400 million books 【小题9】 (sell) and translated into more than 70 different languages.

From Rowling's story we can see while talent, effort and luck play a part in our success, perseverance is 【小题10】 key.