英语四级阅读理解练习题 第117组
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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between "being a writer, and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You've got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all: What I did have was a friend who found me my r Tm in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering, What if I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all: What I did have was a friend who found me my r Tm in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering, What if I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
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11. The passage is meant to _____.
A ：warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience
B ：advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C ：show young people it, s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D ：encourage young people to pursue a writing career
B ：advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C ：show young people it, s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D ：encourage young people to pursue a writing career
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12. What can be concluded from the passage _____.
A ：Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.
B ：A writer's success depends on luck rather than on effort.
C ：Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D ：The chances for a writer to become successful are small.
B ：A writer's success depends on luck rather than on effort.
C ：Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D ：The chances for a writer to become successful are small.
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13. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career _____.
A ：He wasn't able to produce a single book.
B ：He hadn't seen a change for the better.
C ：He wasn't able to have a rest for a whole year.
D ：He found his dream would never come true.
B ：He hadn't seen a change for the better.
C ：He wasn't able to have a rest for a whole year.
D ：He found his dream would never come true.
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14. "...people who die wondering, What if "(Line 3, Para. 3) refers to "those ______".
A ：who think too much of the dark side of life
B ：who regret giving up their career halfway
C ：who think a lot without making a decision
D ：who are full of imagination even upon death
B ：who regret giving up their career halfway
C ：who think a lot without making a decision
D ：who are full of imagination even upon death
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15. "Shadowland" in the last sentence refers to _____.
A ：the wonderland one often dreams about
B ：the bright future that one is looking forward to
C ：the state of uncertainty before one's final goal is reached
D ：a world that exists only in one's imagination
B ：the bright future that one is looking forward to
C ：the state of uncertainty before one's final goal is reached
D ：a world that exists only in one's imagination
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