高一英语暑假阅读天天练 第十五天

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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,”Isayto

2、them,“notwanttobeawriter.”Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded(报答).WhenIlefta20-yearjobintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeawriter,Ihadnohopesatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofou

3、ndmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriterandfeltlikearealwriter.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwan

4、tedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering“whatif”.Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest—eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.1.Thepassageismeantt

5、o_______.A.warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperienceB.adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriterC.showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforwriterstoseekwealthandfameD.encourageyoungpeopletoseekgoodjobs2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassa

6、ge?A.Realwritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.B.Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanoneffort.C.Famouswritersusuallyliveinpoverty.D.Thechancesforawritertobecomesuccessfularesmall3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearofhiswritingwork?A.Hewas

7、n’tabletoproduceasinglebook.B.Hehadn’tseenachangeforthebetter.C.Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.D.Hefoundhisdreamwouldnevercometrue.4.“Shadowland”inthelastsentencerefersto_______.A.thewonderlandoneoftendreamsaboutB.thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardtoC.aworldt

8、hatexistsonlyinone’simaginationD.thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached(4