题目内容
If I would have listened to those people who told me I couldn’t do it then., today ____ just be Saturday.
A will B. shall C. would D. should
C
【解析】
试题分析:句意:如果我听了那些劝我当时不要那么做的人的话,那么今天或许只是(一个普通的)星期六。If I would have listened是虚拟语气,真该听(劝)啊 (事实上没有听),主句用would来表示虚拟,而单个should不表虚拟。
考点:虚拟语气
点评:if的虚拟语气非常重要,简要概括如下:1、表示与现 在事实相反的情况,从句:If主语+过去时(Be动词用were);主句:主语+should/would/could/might+do: 2、表示与过去事实相反的情况,从句:If主语+had+done;主句:主语+should/would/could/might+have done 3、表示对将来情况的主观推测,从句:①if+主语+were to do②if+主语+should+do ③if+主语+did(动词过去式)/were ;主句:主语+should/would/could/might+do
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 people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone as 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 kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose wish is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S, Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿者), I had no hope 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 typewriter and felt like a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t got 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 shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
【小题1】The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A.warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience |
B.advise young people to give up their ideas of becoming a professional writer |
C.show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to dream of wealth and fame |
D.encourage young people to gain a writing career |
A.Real writers often find their works interesting and rewarding. |
B.A writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort. |
C.Famous writers usually live in poverty and loneliness. |
D.The chances for a writer to become successful are small. |
A.who think too much of the dark side of life |
B.who regret giving up their careers halfway |
C.who think a lot without making a decision |
D.who are full of imaginations even upon death |
A.how to be a writer | B.how to earn fame |
C.how to write well | D.how to keep dreaming |