7．Dying horses
were probably thrown overboard in order to .
A．save water B．lighten the ship
C．spare them the serious pains of
thirst D．spare the men the trouble of caring
for them
C
Like fine food ,good writing is
something we approach (接近)with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last .And good
writers ,like good cooks ,do not suddenly appear full –blown .Quite the
contrary ,just as the cook has to undergo (经历)an intensive training ,mastering the skills of his trade ,the writer
must sit at desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing
,whatever its purpose is -schoolwork ,matters of business ,or purely social
communication .You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort ,the more
effective the writing ,and the more rewarding .
There are still some remote places
in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for
you ,for a fee .There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the
service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter
writing with no more than a quick note to work from .But for most of us ,if
there is any writing to be done ,we have to do it ourselves .
We have to write school papers ,business
papers or home papers .We are constantly called on to put words to paper .It
would be difficult to count the number of such words ,messages ,letters and
reports put into the mails or delivered by hand ,but the daily figure must be
very great .What is more ,everyone who writes expects ,or at least hopes .We
want whatever we write to be read ,from first word to last ,not just thrown
into “letters-to
–be-read”file (文件)or into a wastepaper basket
.This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practising the
skills of interesting ,effective writing .