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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage suc
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage suc
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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. "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 US Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿者), 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 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] "...people who die wondering, what if?"(Line 3,Para. 3)refers to those______.
选项
A、who think too much of the dark side of life
B、who regret giving up their career halfway
C、who think a lot without making a decision
D、who are full of imagination even upon death
答案
B
解析
本题是一道句子含义类问题。问题涉及文章中的具体细节。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章最后一段里找到相关信息。根据最后一段内容和所考查句子的上下文,然而一年后,作者因为没有能够取得进展而开始怀疑自己。但多年来强烈的写作愿望坚定了他实现自己梦想的信念,作者声明自己不会成为那种在临死前还在想“假如我……”而是如第六句所说:“我会坚持自己的梦想,把自己的梦想付诸实践,即使这意味着前途未卜和生活在失败的恐惧中。”由此可见,本题的正确答案应是B,此句指的是那些临死前后悔自己中途放弃了写作梦想、没有坚持到底的人。
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