首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
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 diff
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 diff
admin
2018-02-03
61
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 hour 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 career in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a freelance (自由栏目) 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. 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 shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
What can be concluded from the passage?
选项
A、Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.
B、A writer’s success depends on luck rather than on efforts.
C、Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D、The chances for writers to become successful are small.
答案
D
解析
细节判断题。选项A是文章中没有提到的内容,因为文中没有涉及genuine writer真正的作家的具体内容,只是提了一下作者买了二手打字机后,自我感觉像是一个真正的作家;选项B与文章之中的信息相矛盾;选项C也是文中没有涉及的信息。故选D,作家获得成功的机会很小,与文中第二段第二句意思相符。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tNCO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
(Itis)(extremely)important(for)anengineer(toknow)touseacomputer.
Atpresenttime,peoplehaveatrendtoliveinthe
Only11people________theshipwreck.
Inasecondhandbookshop,Billycameacrossabookwhichhethoughtwascertainlya______edition.
Englandisnotabigcountry:fromnorthtosouthandfromeasttowestitisonlyaboutthreehundredmilesacross.(76)Butfo
Englandisnotabigcountry:fromnorthtosouthandfromeasttowestitisonlyaboutthreehundredmilesacross.(76)Butfo
WheneverIseeanyonebuyingaNationalLotteryticketIwanttostopthemandaskiftheyknowwheretheirmoneyisgoing.
HowcanEnglishteachersacceleratethelanguagelearningoftheirstudents?Onewayistoteachstudentshowtolearnmoreeffe
HowcanEnglishteachersacceleratethelanguagelearningoftheirstudents?Onewayistoteachstudentshowtolearnmoreeffe
ThehistoryoftheAmericanpeopleis,【C1】______,thehistoryofthemovementoftheAmericanpeople.Theymovedfromthecoloni
随机试题
心跳、呼吸骤停紧急处理原则中哪项是错误的
乙型肝炎血清学检测中,常用二对半指标,是指
患儿,男性,12岁。因全身多发孤立性柔软肿物10年就诊。患儿出生后即发现躯干部淡褐色素沉着性斑片,无痛痒。2岁时开始出现躯干等部位肉红色孤立性柔软肿物,渐增多,无不适。患儿父母非近亲结婚,其父有同样皮损,数目较少。患儿有多次癫痫发作史,学习成绩较差。该
A.购买和使用低钠盐B.喜欢/偏好低钠盐C.知晓/了解低钠盐有利于健康D.养成食用低钠盐的生活习惯E.信服低钠盐有利于健康从低钠盐健康传播效果的层次看.以上表述属于最低层次效果的是
A.环丙沙星B.利福平C.多西环素D.磺胺嘧啶E.庆大霉素有明显的肝肠循环特点维持时间较长的抗生紊是
自然人作为犯罪主体必须具备()条件。
输入动物,检出二类传染病、寄生虫病的,退回或者扑杀,同群其他动物在隔离场或者其他指定地点隔离观察。( )
某村发生一起放火案件,勘查民警到达现场后,发现房梁仍有火苗。民警下列做法不当的是:
债的履行原则包括()。
StudyinginSydney,Australia—anOverviewforInternationalStudentsAustraliahasbeenapopularchoiceforthousandsofi
最新回复
(
0
)