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1、IleftuniversitywithagooddegreeinEnglishLiterature阅读答案 IleftuniversitywithagooddegreeinEnglishLiterature,butnosenseofwhatIwantedtodo.Overthenextsixyears,Iwastreadingwater,justtryingtoearnanincome.Itriedjournalism,butIdidn’tthinkIwasanygood,thenfinance,whichIhated.Finally,Igotajobasarights
2、assistantatafamouspublisher.Ilovedworkingwithbooks,althoughthejobthatIdidwasdull. Ihadenoughsavingstotakeayearoffwork,andIdecidedtotrytosatisfyadeep-downwishtowriteanovel.AttendingaNovelWritingMAcoursegavemethestructureIneededtowritemyfirst55,000words. Ittakesconfidencetomakeanewstart—t
3、here’sadarkperiodin-betweenwhereyou’reneitheronethingnortheother.You’reoutfordinnerandpeopleaskwhatyoudo,andyou’retooashamedtosay,“Well,I’mwritinganovel,butI’mnotquitesureifI’mgoingtogetthere.”Myconfidencedived.Believingmynovelcouldnotbepublished,Iputitaside. ThenImetanagent（代理商）whosaidI
4、shouldsendmynovelouttoagents.So,Ididand,tomysurprise,gotsomewonderfulfeedback.IfeltalittlehopethatImightactuallybecomeapublishedwriterand,aftersigningwithanagent,Ifinishedthesecondhalfofthenovel. Thenextproblemwasfindingapublisher.Aftertwo-and-a-halfyearsofnoincome,justwaitingandwonderin
5、g,apublisherofferedmeabookdeal—thatpublisherturnedouttobetheoneIonceworkedfor. Itfeelslikeanunbelievablestrokeofluck—offate,really.Whenyousetouttodosomethingdifferent,there’snoendinsight,sotofindmyselfinapositionwhereInowhavemyownnameonacontract（合同）ofthepublisher—tobeapublishedwriter—isu
6、nbelievablyrewarding（有回报的）. 49.WhatdoestheunderlinedpartinParagraph1mean? A.Iwaswaitingforgoodfortune. B.Iwastryingtofindanadmirablejob. C.Iwasbeingaimlessaboutasuitablejob. D.Iwasdoingseveraljobsformorepayatatime. 50.Theauthordecidedtowriteanovel______. A.tofinishthewritingcourse
7、 B.torealizeherowndream C.tosatisfyreaders’wish D.toearnmoremoney 51.Howdidthewriterfeelhalfwaywiththenovel? A.Disturbed.B.Ashamed.C.Confident.D.Uncertain. 52.Whatdoestheauthormainlywanttotellreadersinthelastparagraph? A.Itpaystosticktoone’sgoal. B.Hardworkca
