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1、Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetweenawriter andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealth andfame,notthelonghoursatatypewriter.“Youhavegottowanttowrite,”Isaidtothem,“notwanttobeawriter.”Therealityis
2、thatwritingisalonely,private andpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundformemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdid
3、n’tevenmatterthatitwascold andhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriter andfelt likeagenuinewriter.Afterayear orso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreak andbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitformanyyears.Iwasn’tgoingto
4、beoneofthosepeoplewhodiedwondering.Whatif?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtotest(eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertainty andfearoffailure).Thisistheshadow-landofhope, andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.1.Thepassageismeantto___A____A、warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperie
5、nceB、adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriterC、showyoungpeopleitisunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthD、encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?DA、Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.B、Awriter’ssuccessdependsonl
6、uckratheroneffort.C、Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyandisolation.D、Thechancesforwriterstobecomesuccessfularesmall.3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearsofhiswritingcareer?BA、Hewasnotabletoproduceasinglebook.B、Hehadn’tseenachangeforthebetter.C、Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawho
7、leyear.D、Hefoundhisdreamwouldnevercometrue.4.In“…peoplewhodiedwondering”,“who”referstothose___B___.A、whothinktoomuchofthedarksideoflifeB、whoregretgivinguptheircareerhalfwayC、whothinkalotwithoutmakingadecisionD、whoarefullofimaginationevenupondeath5.“Shadow-land
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