首页
登录
职称英语
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such
游客
2025-03-04
35
管理
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. [br] "Shadowland" in the last sentence refers to________.
选项
A、the wonderland one often dreams about
B、the bright future that one is looking forward to
C、the state of uncertainty before one’ s final goal is reached
D、a world that exists only in one’ s imagination
答案
C
解析
语义推断题。找到该词与上下文中对应的词语,来帮助推断其具体含义。文章的结尾句,代词this指代前一句中it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure的内容,所以,“This is the shadowland”中的shadowland就是之前所说的uncertainty和fear of failure。故选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3982143.html
相关试题推荐
IntimeoftroubleCharliecouldalways______asolution.A、putasideB、lookdown
W:Operator,Iwanttomakeaperson-to-personcalltoToronto,Canada.Thenumbe
W:Youseemtohavealotofworkatyouroffice.You’vealwaysbeenstayinglat
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuch
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuch
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuch
Theeducationof________youngisalways________hotandserioustopic.A、/,/B、the
Whenshedoessomething,Mrs.Brownfeelsthatherlittlechildisalways______
Acountrymustalwaysbe________guardagainstspiesandinvaders.A、inB、toC、w
Sheissucha________person,alwaysaskinghowI’mfeeling.A、considerableB、co
随机试题
Whohasitandwhodoesn’t?Andhowdothoseofuswithlessofitgetmore?
[originaltext]M:IhopeyouwillspendNewYear’sEvewithus.W:I’dloveto,
当脚手架下部暂不能设连墙件时应采取防倾覆措施。当搭设抛撑时,做法不正确的是(
治疗室性早博首选药物A、普鲁卡因 B、丁卡因 C、利多卡因 D、布比卡因
患儿,男,5岁。患支气管哮喘。下列各项中,除哪项外,均可引发支气管哮喘发作?(
根据继电保护和安全自动装置缺陷归类,常规变电站500千伏(330千伏)变压器保护
2010年,江苏省全年粮食总产量达3235.1万吨,比上年增加5万吨;其中夏粮
2020年,H省全省地区生产总值43443.46亿元,较2019年减少2384.
根据证券法律制度的规定,下列关于老股转让的说法正确的是( )。A.公司首次公开发
A.转导 B.原生质体融合 C.转化 D.溶原性转换 E.接合细菌DNA
最新回复
(
0
)