Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career、

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• 1What can be concluded from the passage、

  A.Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.

  B.A writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort.

  C.Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.

  D.The chances for a writer to become successful are small.

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• 2The passage is meant to ________.

  A.warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience

  B.advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer

  C.show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame

  D.encourage young people to pursue a writing career

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• 3By saying that “an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince” (Line 2-3, Par

  A.3), the writer means ________.A.different people have different styles of clothes

  B.ready-made clothes may need alterations

  C.statuses come ready made just like clothes

  D.our choice of statuses is limited

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• 4In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun “it” refers to “________”.

  A.fitting our actions to those of other people appropriately

  B.identification of other people’s statuses

  C.selecting one’s own statuses

  D.constant mental process

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• 5The word “appraisal” (Line 5, Par

  A.2) most probably means “________”.A.involvement

  B.appreciation

  C.assessment

  D.presentation

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• 6“... People who die wondering, What if、” (Line 3, Par

  A.3) refers to “those ________”.A.who think too much of the dark side of life

  B.who regret giving up their career halfway

  C.who think a lot without making a decision

  D.who are full of imagination even upon death

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• 7“Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to ________.

  A.the wonderland one often dreams about

  B.the bright future that one is looking forward to

  C.the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached

  D.a world that exists only in one’s imagination

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• 8By “... challenges explanation” (Line 2, Par

  A.1) the author means that ________.A.no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon

  B.no explanation has been made up to now

  C.it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanation

  D.it’s high time that an explanation was provided

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• 9The third paragraph is mainly about ________.

  A.the development of babies’ early forms of language

  B.the difficulties of babies in learning to speak

  C.babies’ strong desire to communicate

  D.babies’ intention to communicate

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• 10The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children ________.

  A.usually obey without asking questions

  B.are passive in the process of learning to speak

  C.are born cooperative

  D.learn to speak by listening

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