【英语阅读理解题目】

Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere'sabigdifferencebetweenbeingawriterandwriting.Inmostcasestheyaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter."You'vegottowanttowrite,"Isaytothem,"notwanttobeawriter."

Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Onlyafewwriterswerekissedbyfortune,howevertherearethousandsmorewhoseworkisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoproposalsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmeinmyroominaNewYorkdepartmentbuilding.Ididn'tevencarethatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedtypewriterandfeltlikeagoodwriter.

AfterayearIstillhadn'tgotabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.ItwassohardtosellastorythatIhardlymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn'tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodidwondering"Whatif".Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest,eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.ThisistheShadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.

31.Thepassageismeantto____.

A.warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipsthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperience

B.adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriter

C.showyoungpeopleit'sunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthandfame

D.encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer

32.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?

A.Goodwritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding

B.Writer'ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanoneffort

C.Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyandisolation

D.Thechancesforawritertobecomesuccessfularesmall

33.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearofhiswritingcareer?

A.Becausehewasn'tabletoproduceasinglebook

B.Becausehehadn'tseenachangeforthebetter

C.Becausehewasn'tabletohavearestforawholeyear

D.Becausehefoundhisdreamwouldnevercometrue

34.Theword"p