题目内容
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 computer. “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 kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a free writer, I had no promise at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used computer and felt a real 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 know 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.
小题1:The passage is meant to _______.
小题2:What can be concluded from the passage?
小题3:Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?
小题4: “Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to _____.
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a free writer, I had no promise at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used computer and felt a real 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 know 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.
小题1: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 be after wealth and fame |
D.encourage young people to be after a writer career |
A.Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding |
B.Writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort |
C.Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation(隔离) |
D.The chances for a writer to become successful are small |
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 |
A.thewonderlandonoftendreamsabout |
B.thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardto |
C.thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached |
D.aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simagination |
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
试题分析:本文主要讲述的就是从事写作行业的艰难,告诉我们要想以写作为生,要耐得住寂寞,能够坚持自己的理想等。
小题1:推理题。根据文章1,2段,尤其是第二段内容The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose wish is never rewarded.可知写作是一种很艰难的,很寂寞的工作,不是很多人能够做到的。故A正确。
小题2:细节题。根据第二段The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose wish is never rewarded可知很多从事写作的人都没有成功,成功的人是少数。故D正确。
小题3:推理题。根据第三段的句子: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.可知作者没有看见情况有什么好转,故B正确。
小题4:猜词题:从最后一段的句子: I would keep putting my dream to the test--- even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure.可知“Shadowland”指的是成功前的一段不确定的时间。选C。
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