2007年04月学位英语考试真题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Passage1

Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.(76)Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalso

explainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween“beingawriter’andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsare

dreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghouraloneatatypewriter.“You’vegottowanttowrite,”Isayto

them,“notwanttobeawriter”.

Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortune

therearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.Coast

Guardtobecomeafreelance(自由栏目)writer,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwho

foundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadno

bathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.

Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgottenabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosell

astorythatIbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite,Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.I

wasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering:Whatif?(77)Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamto

thetesteventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,and

anyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.

1、Thepassageismeantto___.

A、warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipsthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperience

B、adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriter

C、showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthandfame

D、encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer

解析：

题目:这段话的意思是。

A:告诫年轻人一个成功的作家必须经历的艰辛

B:建议年轻人放弃成为职业作家的想法

C:一个作家追求名利是不现实的

D:鼓励年轻人从事写作事业

2、Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?

A、Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.

B、Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanone