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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always1such people, but I also explain that
there's a big2between 'being a writer' and'writing'.
In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame,3the long hours spent alone4.
'You've got to want to write,' I say to them,'not want to be a writer.'
The 5is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by6there are
thousands more whose longing is7rewarded. When I8a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to
become a freehand writer, I had no prospects (前景) at all. What I9was a friend who found me a room in
a New York apartment building. It didn't10matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately
bought a (an)11manual typewriter and12a genuine writer.
After a year or so,13, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to14myself. It was so hard to sell a
story that I15made enough to eat. But I knew I16write.
I had dreamed about it17. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die18
'What if?' I would keep putting my dream to the19even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear
of failure. This is the Shadow Land of20, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
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( )6. A. writing
( )7. A. never
( )8. A. began
( )9. A. had had
( )10. A. ever
( )11. A. used
( )12. A. felt like
( )13. A. consequently
( )14. A. scold
( )15. A. almost
( )16. A. planned to
( )17. A. for years
( )18. A. regretting
( )19. A. point
( )20. A. timeB. encourage
B. advance
B. but
B. typewriting
B. idea
B. readers
B. always
B. found
B. have had
B. just
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B. ought to
B. long ago
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B. best
B. death C. tell
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C. with a novel
C. news
C. fortune
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C. useful
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C. was able to
C. since then
C. dreaming
C. test
C. hope D. warn
D. difference
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D. life