2017年6月英语四级阅读选词填空练习题及答案(十七)思维导图

Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialways__1__suchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween"beingawriter"andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingof__2__andfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter."You’vegottowanttowrite,"Isaytothem,"notwanttobeawriter."Therealityisthatwritingisa__3__,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisnever__4__.

WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheUS.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter(自由撰稿人),Ihadno__5__atall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn'tevenmatterthatitwas__6__andhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikea__7__writer.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn'tgottenabreakandbeganto__8__myself.Itwassohardtosellastorythat__9__madeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering,whatif?Iwouldkeeoputtingmydreamtothetest—eventhoughitmeantlivingwith__10__andfearoffailure.ThisistheShadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreamlearntolivethere.

[A]barely

[B]genuine

[C]rewarded

[D]doubt

[E]lonely

[F]poverty

[G]persuade

[H]prospects

[I]uncertainty

[J]impossibly

[K]encourage

[L]awarded

[M]alone

[N]wealth

[O]cold

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