2019-2020年高一英语暑假阅读天天练 第十五天

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1、2019-2020年高一英语暑假阅读天天练第十五天(3)Mark,ayoungperson,tellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween“beingawriter”andwriting.Inmostcasesthesepeoplearedreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter.“You’vegottowanttowrite

2、,”Isaytothem,“notwanttobeawriter.”Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded(报答).WhenIlefta20-yearjobintheU.S.CoastGuardtobeeawriter,Ihadnohopesatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundm

3、emyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriterandfeltlikearealwriter.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.

4、Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering“whatif”.Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest—eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.1.Thepassageismeantto_______.A.warnyoun

5、gpeopleofthehardshipthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperienceB.adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbeingaprofessionalwriterC.showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforwriterstoseekwealthandfameD.encourageyoungpeopletoseekgoodjobs2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?A.Realwritersoftenfindtheir

6、workinterestingandrewarding.B.Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanoneffort.C.Famouswritersusuallyliveinpoverty.D.Thechancesforawritertobeesuccessfularesmall3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearofhiswritingwork?A.Hewasn’tabletoproduceasinglebook.B.Hehadn’tsee

7、nachangeforthebetter.C.Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.D.Hefoundhisdreamwouldneveretrue.4.“Shadowland”inthelastsentencerefersto_______.A.thewonderlandoneoftendreamsaboutB.thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardtoC.aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simaginationD.thestateofuncertain

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