48. By taking up the offer, the voucher holders can choose to ______ .

A. book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs

B. have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money

C. use the B&B offer together with other offers

D. book the stays though B&B Daily

C

I didn‘ to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MAfirst 55,000 words.

It takes confidence to make a new start ‘s period in-between where you‘re

neither one thing nor the other. You‘‘re too

ashamed to say, ―Well, I‘‘m going to get there.‖ My

Then I met an agentmy surprise, got feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a

The was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just

— that publisher turned out to be the

like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do

something different, there‘s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my

own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably

rewarding（有回报的）.

49. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. I was waiting for good fortune.