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Harlan Coben believes that if you’re a writer, you’ll find the time; and that if you can’t find the time, then writing isn’t a p

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问题     Harlan Coben believes that if you’re a writer, you’ll find the time; and that if you can’t find the time, then writing isn’t a priority and you’re not a writer. For him, writing is a【C1】________job—a job like any other. He has【C2】________it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn’t wake up and say that he can’t work with pipes today.
    【C3】________, like most writers these days, you’re holding down a job to pay the bills, it’s not【C4】________to find the time to write. But it’s not impossible. It requires determination and single-mindedness.【C5】________that most bestselling authors began writing when they were doing other things to earn a living. And today, even writers who are fairly【C6】________often have to do other work to【C7】________their writing income.
    As Harlan Coben has suggested, it’s a【C8】________of priorities. To make writing a priority, you’ll have to 【C9】________some of your day-to-day activities and some things you really enjoy. Depending on your【C10】________ and your lifestyle, that might mean spending less time watching television or listening to music, though some people can write【C11】________they listen to music. You might have to【C12】________the amount of exercise or sport you do. You’ll have to make social media an【C13】________activity rather than a daily, time-consuming 【C14】________. There’ll probably have to be less socialising with your friends and less time with your family. It’s a【C15】________learning curve, and it won’t always make you popular.
    There’s just one thing you should try to keep at least some time for,【C16】________your writing—and that’s reading. Any writer needs to read as much and as widely as they can; it’s the one【C17】________supporter— something you can’t do without.
    Time is finite. The older you get, the【C18】________it seems to go. We need to use it as carefully and as 【C19】________as we can. That means prioritising our activities so that we spend most time on the things we really want to do. If you’re a writer, that means—【C20】________—writing.
【C2】
选项 A、combined
B、compared
C、confused
D、confronted
答案B
解析 本题考查动词辨析。本动词作谓语，主语为He，宾语为代词it，而it指代的是之前的名词writing(写作)。之后的原文信息为with plumbing(水暖工的工作)，且再之后的信息是a plumber doesn’t wake up and say that he can’t work with pipes today (一个水暖工不会一觉醒来后说他今天不能修理管道了)。考生综合这些线索，把握前文说的“写作，和其他任何工作一样，是一项正常的工作”，这里又出现了plumbing(水暖工的工作)，plumbing(水暖工的工作)也是一种工作，说明作者是把“写作”与“水暖工的工作”这两种工作进行比较，目的是说明写作和水暖工的工作一样，是一项正常的工作。据此考生在四个选项中判断最佳选项是B项compared(比较)，选项A项combined(合并)、C项confused(混淆)和D项confronted(对抗)所表达的动作均与本题题意无关，予以排除，因此本题答案为选项B。
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