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　　Like fine food, good writing is something we approach (接近) with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo (经历) an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is ---- schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

　　There are still some remote places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

    We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters and reports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be very great. What is more, everyone who writes, expects, or at least hopes.

　　We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into “letters-to-read” file (文件) or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

(1)In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because ________.

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A．both writers and cooks have to work long hours every day

B．both are necessary to life

C．both writers and cooks can earn a good living

D．both are enjoyable

(2)The underlined word “scribe” means

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A．a secretary who does your business or social writing

B．a machine that does writing for you

C．a school where writing is taught

D．a person who earns a living by writing for others

(3)According to the passage, some managers don't have to do any letter writing because

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A．they depend on quick notes

B．they have excellent secretaries

C．they have a computer to do it

D．they prefer making phone calls

(4)According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some “letters-to-be- read” file, ________.

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A．it will receive immediate attention

B．it will be dealt with by the secretary

C．it is likely to be passed over

D．it is meant to be delivered soon

(5)The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ________.

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A．explain and persuade

B．comment and criticize

C．interest and enjoy

D．argue and imagine

Answer 1

答案：D;D;B;C;A
解析：

(1) D pleasure and enjoy提示选项D． (2) D for a fee提示“谋生”，故选D． (3) B 第2段第2句与B相符. (4) C thrown into与A、B、D不同，故选C． (5) A 从首尾到内容，均属于说明.故选A．