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A、It warns young people of the hardships of a successful writer. B、It advises young people to give up their idea of becoming wri
A、It warns young people of the hardships of a successful writer. B、It advises young people to give up their idea of becoming wri
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2013-06-25
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问题
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 individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. (26) "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 career in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a writer, I had no prospects 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 manual typewriter and felt like a genuine 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 I barely made enough to eat. (27) 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.
26. Why do some individuals want to be writers according to the speaker?
27. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing?
28. What does the passage mean to imply?
选项
A、It warns young people of the hardships of a successful writer.
B、It advises young people to give up their idea of becoming writers.
C、It shows that writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D、It encourages young people to pursue a writing career.
答案
A
解析
推理题。综合整篇文章的内容可知,当作家首先要耐得住寂寞和长时间的伏案工作;其次,收入微薄;最后,作品难以售出。这和很多人想象的作家名利双收的情况不符。总之,当作家困难重重。因此A是正确答案。B、C具有迷惑性,当作家虽难,但本文并非是让年轻人放弃当作家的梦想,也并非所有作家都生活在贫困中。
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