2016春《大学英语精读3》在线作业100%—2
作业二阅读理解题 100%
第1题（ADB B C）
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 a writer and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours at a typewriter. “You have got to want to write,” I said 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 writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found for 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 genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, 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 dreamed about it for many years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who died wondering. What if? I would keep putting my dream to 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.
很多年轻的人告诉我，他想成为一名作家。（76）我总是鼓励这些人，但我也解释说，有一间“作为一个作家，写很大的区别。在大多数情况下，这些人都梦想的财富和名望，而不是在一个小时内就长打字机。“你想要写：”我对他们说，“不要想成为一个作家。”
现实情况是，写作是一个孤独，私营和贫困高薪事件。对于每一个作家财富亲吻都有更多数以千计更为渴望的是没有回报的。当我离开在美国海岸防卫队20年的职业生涯，成为一名自由（自由栏目）作家，我根本就没有什么前途。我的确有一个朋友是谁发现我的房间我在纽约的公寓楼。
它甚至没有问题，它是冷的，也没有浴室。我立即买了一部旧的手动打字机，感觉像一个真正的作家。
经过一年多，但是，我仍然没有得到休息，并开始怀疑自己。就这样难卖了一个故事，我几乎没有取得足够的食物。但我知道我想写，我曾梦想在若干年。我不会是那种人谁死的疑惑：如果什么？（77）我会继续把我的梦想的考验，即使这意味着不确定和对失败的恐惧。这是希望的虚幻，并与梦想的人必须学会生活在那里。
1．The passage is meant to ___A____ .警告的困难，一个成功的作家，以经验的年轻人
A、warn young people of the hardship 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 is unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth D、encourage young people to pursue a writing career
2．What can be concluded from the passage? D 对作家的机会，成为成功的是小
A、Genuine writers often find their work interesting ａｎｄ rewarding.
B、A writer’s success depends on luck rather on effort. C、Famous writers usually live in poverty ａｎｄ isolation. D、The chances for writers to become successful are small.
3．Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first years of his writing career? B A、He was not able to produce a single book. B、He hadn’t seen a change for the better.
C、He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year. D、He found his dream would never come true. 他还没有看到好转酸痛。
4．In “…people who died wondering”, “who” refers to those ____C___ .谁觉得很多没有作出决定
A、who think too much of the dark side of life B、who regret giving