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1、Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetweenawriter andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealth andfame,notthelonghoursatatypewriter.“Youhavegottowanttowrite,”Isaidto

2、them,“notwanttobeawriter.”Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,private andpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoprospectsatal

3、l.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundformemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascold andhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriter andfelt likeagenuinewriter.Afterayear orso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreak andbegantodoubtmyself.Itw

4、assohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitformanyyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiedwondering.Whatif?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtotest(eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertainty andfearoffailure).Thisisth

5、eshadow-landofhope, andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.1.Thepassageismeantto___A____A、warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperienceB、adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriterC、showyoungpeopleitisunrealistic

6、forawritertopursuewealthD、encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?DA、Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingａｎｄrewarding.B、Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratheroneffort.C、Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyａｎｄisolat

7、ion.D、Thechancesforwriterstobecomesuccessfularesmall.3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearsofhiswritingcareer?BA、Hewasnotabletoproduceasinglebook.B、Hehadn’tseenachangeforthebetter.C、Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.D、Hefoundhisdream

8、wouldnevercometrue.4.In“…peoplewhodiedwondering”,“who”referstothose___B___.A、whothinktoomuchofthedarksideoflifeB、whoregretgivinguptheircareerhalfwayC、whothinkalotwithoutmakingadecisionD、whoarefullofimaginationevenupondeath5.“Shadow-land