题目内容
Many young people tells me they want to be writers. 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 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 kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded . When I left a 20-year job in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿者), I had no hopes 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 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 Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
1.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. to show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to seek wealth and fame
B.to advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C. to warn young people of the hardship that a writer has to experience
D. to encourage young people to take up a writing career
2. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing work?
A. He wasn’t able to produce a single book.
B. He found his dream would never come true.
C. He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year.
D. He hadn’t seen a change for the better.
3. Which of the following is true?
A．If you have a dream,you can make it come true.
B. Don’t to be a writer
C. Many young people think if they can write,they can become a writer.
D.The writer will give up being a writer.
4 What does the underlined phrase refer to? ________.
A. who think a lot without making any effort
B. who regret giving up their career halfway
C. who think too much of the dark side of life
D. who are full of imagination even upon death
5. “Shadow land” in the last sentence refers to ________.
A. the wonderland one often dreams about
B. the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached
C. a world that exists only in one’s imagination
D. the bright future that one is looking forward to
CDCAB
