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山西省2022年普通高中学业水平考试英语试卷 学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、阅读理解 Advice on Writing from Famous Writers ◆Hilary Mantel—a little pride can be a great help The most helpful quality a writer can develop is self-confidence, if you can manage it. You write to impress yourself on the world, and you have to believe in your own ability when the world shows no sign of agreeing with you. ◆Leo Tolstoy—pick the hours that work best for you Tolstoy believed in starting first thing: I always write in the morning. I was pleased to hear lately that Rousseau, too, after he got up in morning, went for a short walk and sat down to work. In the morning ones head is particularly fresh. The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking while you are still in bed or during the walk. ◆William Faulkner—read to write Read, read, read everything—rubbish, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter(木匠)who works as a beginner and studies under the master. Read! Youll take it in. Then write. If it is good, youll find out. If its not, throw it out of the window. ◆Katherine Mansfield—writing anything is better than nothing Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Even it was rubbish. But its far better to write rubbish or anything than nothing at all. 1、What should you have in writing according to Hilary Mantel? A. A sense of pride. B. Rich knowledge. C. Courage to begin. D. Opportunities. 2、What did Leo Tolstoy and Rousseau have in common? A. They went for a short walk after rising. B. They chose to write in the morning. C. They started to work while in bed. D. They got up at the best time. 3、What did Katherine Mansfield value in writing? A. Reading good works. B. Keeping on reading. C. Practising writing. D. Gaining others respect. When David Carter started his art major at the University of Texas at Austin in 1971, he had big dreams of becoming an artist or a writer. But he dropped out of university at 23 after he hurt his ha