2024_2025年新教材高中英语Unit4ExploringpoetrySectionⅢIntegratedskills课后练习含解析译林版选择性必修第一册.docxVIP

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Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthattheresabigdifferencebetween“beingawriter”andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter.“Youvegottowanttowrite，”Isaytothem,“notwanttobeawriter.”

Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhosewishisneverrewarded.

WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheUSCoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter(自由撰稿者),Ihadnotprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidntevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadntgottenabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasntgoingtobeoneofthosepeople_who_die_wondering.What_if?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetesteventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.ThisistheShadowland_ofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲解并描述了从事写作行业的艰难，告知我们要想以写作为生，要耐得住孤独，能够坚持自己的志向等。

1．Thepassageismeantto________.

A．warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipsthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperience

B．adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriter

C．showyoungpeopleitsunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthandfame

D．encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer

解析：选A推理推断题。依据第一、二段，尤其是其次段内容可知，事实上，写作是一项孤寂孤独而又收入微薄的工作，作者的目的是警告想成为胜利作家的年轻人写作的艰辛。

2．Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?

A．Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.

B．Awriterssuccessdependsonluckratherthanoneffort.

C．Famouswriters