Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer．I always encourage such people, but also 1   that there's a big difference between"   2   a writer "and writing．In most   3   these individuals （个人） are dreaming of   4   and fame, not the long hours   5   at a typewriter．"You've got to want to write, "I say to  6_, "not want to be a writer"．

    The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and   7   paying affair．For every writer kissed   8   fortune there are thousands more whose desire is   9    rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U．S．Coast Guard to become a freelance writer （自由撰稿人），I had no prospects （chances of success）   10 ．What I did have was a friend who   11   me my room in a New York apartment building．  12    didn't even matter that it was cold and had   13   bathroom．I immediately bought a used manual（手控的）   14    and felt like a genuine writer．

     After a year or so,   15   ,I still hadn't got a break and began to   16 myself．It was so hard to sell a story that hardly made enough to eat．  17   I knew I wanted to write．I had   18   about it for years．I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering．  19   if ? I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of   20   ．This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there．

1．A．demand           B．require             C．explain            D．add

2．A．liking              B．admiring         C．respecting        D．being

3．A．cases            B．conditions        C．aspects        D．ways

4．A．health              B．wealth           C．future               D．happiness

5．A．deeply             B．alone          C．lonely            D．alive

6．A．you              B．him             C．them          D．myself

7．A．high               B．poor            C．rich             D．average

8．A．by                 B．with            C．of               D．to

9．A．ever           B．never              C．even              D．still

10．A．at all             B．in all            C．above all           D．after all

11．A．helped              B．provided         C．supplied           D．found

12．A．He              B．I                C．It                D．They

13．A．no               B．any              C．some              D．each

14．A．bathroom        B．pen              C．typewrite             D．machine

15．A．though          B．however          C．yet              D．therefore

16．A．doubt             B．comfort         C．believe             D．express

17．A．While           B．So              C．But               D．As

18．A．dreamed         B．thought          C．known            D．talked

19．A．Even            B．As               C．Only             D．What

20．A．darkness            B．loss         C．failure             D．change

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Thursday July 16th a young woman dangerously sick with pneumonia (肺炎) was found late this evening behind a typewrite in a downtown office where she fell down only hours after she had mysteriously disappeared from the hospital． Susan Cross, a 22-year-old woman employed (雇佣) until recently as a secretary in Mr． John Taylor’s office on Hogate Street, had been hospitalized in Room 1012 at the hospital for nearly two weeks with pneumonia when she decided she couldn’t stand it any longer． She had to get back to here desk in Taylor’s office to catch up on her work．Moving out of the hospital a little after five o’clock this afternoon, Susan, still dressed in her hospital clothes , took a taxi to Taylor’s office and went straight to her office． At once she started typing letters, filing (把…归档) papers, and straightening up (清理) her desk． But she was still too weak to work and she fell down behind her desk． Fortunately, a night watchman happened to notice the light in Taylor’s office and went into examine． He found Miss Cross and immediately called Miss Cross’s employer (雇主) Mr． Taylor． Mr． Taylor was not at home, but Mrs． Taylor called the hospital immediately． An ambulance was sent to Taylor’s office to get young Susan Cross．

1．In the evening a night watchman happened to find Susan ______．

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A．in Room 1012　　　　　B．in Taylor’s office

C．on Hogate Street　　　D．in the hospital

2．It was ______ that Susan Cross left the hospital．

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A．because she didn’t like to stay with nurses

B．because she wanted to go to see her parents

C．because she liked to make fun of doctors and nurses

D．because she had a lot of work to do in her office

3．Susan Cross is a 22-year-old ______．

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A．secretary　　　B．writer

C．doctor　　　　 D．employer

4．What kind of person do you think Susan Cross is ? ______．

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A．She is not the kind of person who keeps her promise

B．She is the kind of person who is unhappy to see other patients (病人) in the hospital

C．She is the kind of person who loves her work

D．She always changes her mind and is never satisfied

5．Which of the following sentences is true? ______．

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A．Mr． Taylor happened to be at home when Susan disappeared

B．It was Mrs． Taylor that first found Miss Susan Cross

C．After she left the hospital, Susan Cross went straight to her office by bus

D．Susan Cross had been in hospital for almost two weeks till she moved out of the hospital．