华师在线2013秋季班大学英语-精读(3)作业2阅读理解满分答案

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1、Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetweenawriterandwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursatatypewriter.“Youhavegottowanttowrite,”Isaidtothem,“notwanttobeawri

2、ter.”Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundformemyro

3、ominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowr

4、ite.Ihaddreamedaboutitformanyyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiedwondering.Whatif?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtotest(eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure).Thisistheshadow-landofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere1.Thepassageismeantto____A_

5、__.A、warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperienceB、adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriterC、showyoungpeopleitisunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthD、encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?DA

6、、Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingａｎｄrewarding.B、Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratheroneffort.C、Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyａｎｄisolation.D、Thechancesforwriterstobecomesuccessfularesmall.3．Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearsofhiswritingcaree

7、r?BA、Hewasnotabletoproduceasinglebook.B、Hehadn’tseenachangeforthebetter.C、Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.D、Hefoundhisdreamwouldnevercometrue.4．In“…peoplewhodiedwondering”,“who”referstothose___B___.A、whothinktoomuchofthedarksideoflifeB、whoregretgivinguptheircareerha

8、lfwayC、whothinkalotwithoutmakingadecisionD、whoarefullofimaginationevenupondeath5．“Shadow-land”inthelast