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1、我的暑假第十五天：(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.CoastGuardtobecomeawriter,Ihadnohopesatall.WhatIdidhavewa

3、safriendwhofoundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriterandfeltlikearealwriter.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeeno

4、ughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering“whatif”.Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest—eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntoli

5、vethere.1.Thepassageismeantto_______.A.warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperienceB.adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriterC.showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforwriterstoseekwealthandfameD.encourageyoungpeopletoseekgoodj

6、obs2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?A.Realwritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.B.Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanoneffort.C.Famouswritersusuallyliveinpoverty.D.Thechancesforawritertobecomesuccessfularesmall3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimsel

7、fafterthefirstyearofhiswritingwork?A.Hewasn’tabletoproduceasinglebook.3用心爱心专心B.Hehadn’tseenachangeforthebetter.C.Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.D.Hefoundhisdreamwouldnevercometrue.4.“Shadowland”inthelastsentencerefersto_______.A.thewonderlandoneoftendreams

8、aboutB.thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardtoC.aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simaginationD.thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached(4)InBritaininthe1890sthere