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A、chances of future success
B、financial support
C、permanent job
D、social connections
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The reality is that writing is typically a lonely, private and low-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20year career in the US Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人), I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who was fond of me and so supplied my room in a New York apartment building. It was cold and had no bathroom; I bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so of this existence, 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 for a weeks' groceries, I felt I was destined 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; anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
The passage is meant to ______.
A．warn young people of the trials what a successful writer experiences early in his/her career
B．advise young people to give up their dreams 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
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but l also explain that there's a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases they 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 works is never rewarded. When I left a 20year career in U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What ! 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 good writer.
After a year 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 dreaded 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.
What does this passage want to tell us？
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.
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
Many a young person tells me that he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I 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 of the long hours 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 typically a lonely, private and low-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20year career in the US Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿人), I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who was fond of me and so supplied my room in a New York apartment building. It was cold and had no bathroom; I bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so of this existence, 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 for a weeks' groceries, I felt I was destined 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; anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
The passage is meant to ______.
A．warn young people of the trials what a successful writer experiences early in his/her career
B．advise young people to give up their dreams 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
When I went to visit Mrs. Smith last week, I was told she ______ two days before.
A．has left
B．was leaving
C．would leave
D．had left
______ the train had departed ______ she left the station for home．
A．It is only then; that B．It is only when; what
C．It was only that; when D．If was only when; that
A.accustomed
B.delighted
C.desired
D.impressed
Yesterday when I left, they ______a meeting.
A．had
B．are having
C．were having
When I arrived, I learned Mary ______ for almost an hour.
A．had gone
B．had set off
C．had left
D．had been away
A.reassuring
B.asserting
C.assuring
D.resuming
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