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1、 2022英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案详解18Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always _1_ such people, but I also explain that theresa big difference between “being a writer“ and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of _2_ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter. “Youve g
2、ot to want to write,“ I say to them, “not want to be a writer.“The reality is that writing is a _3_, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is never _4_. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(
3、自由撰稿人), I had no _5_ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didnt even matter that it was _6_and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a _7_ writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadnt gotten a break
4、and began to _8_ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat _9_ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasnt going to be one ofthose people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with _10_and fe
5、ar of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learn to live there.A) barely B) genuine C) rewarded D) doubtE) lonely F) poverty G) persuade H) prospectsI) uncertainty J)impossibly K) encourage L)awardedM) alone N)wealth O)coldAnswers:1.选K)。 此处应填动词的原形。可选项有doubt, persuade, en
6、courage, 但由always推知，是在鼓舞那些想要成为作家的人，而不是疑心也不是说服，故排解doubt和persuade而选encourage。2.选N)。由空格后的fame可知，此处应填名词。可选项有prospects和wealth，但由dreaming of 与其次段中The reality is. poor-paying可推知，那些想当作家的人幻想的是金钱和名誉，而不是前途，故排解prospects而选wealth。3.选E)。此处应填形容词，private, poor-paying一起修饰affair。选项中有lonely和alone,能修饰affair的只有lonely,alo
7、ne表示“孤独的”时，通常作表语，故排解alone而选lonely。4.选C)。此处应填动词的被动形式。可选项有rewarded和awarded,前者可表示“（为所盼望的举动得到的）回报”，后者作动词时表示“颁发，授予”，故只有rewarded符合题意而排解awarded。5.选H)。此处应填名词。“当我辞别了我在美国海岸警卫队20年工作成为一个自由撰稿人时，没有任何.可言”，可选项有prospects和wealth，但wealth一般指抽象意义上的“金钱”，因此排解wealth而选prospects“前途”。6.选O)。it指代的是apartment building，从had no bat
8、hroom可知这个公寓条件很差，选项中只有cold能说明公寓的条件差，应选择O)cold。7.选B)。“我立刻买了一台旧的手动打字机，感觉自己就似乎是一个.的作家”，由前面提到的to become a freelance writer可推知，此处是想成为一个真正的作家，应选项中只有genuine“真正的”符合题意。8.选D)。由空格前的to可知，此处应填动词的原形。可选项有doubt,persuade,encourage,但由still hadnt gotten a break“在写作上还没有任何进展”，所以此处应理解为他开头疑心自己的选择是否正确，故doubt符合文意。9.选A)。that从
9、句构造完整，后面有made，故此处应填副词。可选项有barely和impossibly，因that引导的从句是对story的解释，再由hard一词可推知，此处应填的副词应表达确定的意思，故排解impossibly而选barely“仅仅，刚刚”。10.选I)。由空格后的and可知，此处应填名词。由fear of failure可知，所填词应表示不好的境遇，可选项有poverty和uncertainty;又由fear可推知，此处强调的是生活的变化无常，而不是生活的贫困，应选uncertainty。导读：Many a young person tells me he wants to be a wr
10、iter. I always K)encourage such people, but I also explain that theres a big difference between “being a writer“ and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of N)wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter.(these individuals指代的是Many a young people。) “Youve got to want to
11、write,“I say to them, “not want to be a writer.“The reality is that writing is a E)lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never C)rewarded.(kissed by fortune意为“受到命运之神的亲睐”，由此可推出第4题应填的词。) When I left a 20-year career in the
12、US. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人), I had no H)prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. (What I did. my room in.。这是一个复合句，What引导的是主语从句，who引导的定语从句修饰a friend,由此可看出，刚开头从事写作时的困难。)考试大全国训练类网站(Examda。com) It didnt even matter that
13、 it was O)cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a B)genuine writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadnt gotten a break and began to D)doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that A)barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I h
14、ad dreamed about it for years. I wasnt going to be one of those people who die wondering, what if? I would keePputting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with I)uncertainty and fear of failture.(put. to the test意为“使.经受考验”，此处说明了态度，即要成为作家必需忍受许多困难。)This is the Shadow land of hope, and any
15、one with a dream learn to live there.全文翻译：许多年轻人对我说他们想当作家。我总是鼓舞这样的青年，但同时我也向他们说明“当作家”和写作的区分是很大的。在许多状况下，那些想当作家的人憧憬的是金钱和名誉，而不是单独守着打字机的漫长日子。我对他们说，“你必需是想写，而不应是想当作家。”事实上，写作是一件令人孤独，孤独而且酬劳又不高的事情。在每一个受到命运之神青睐的作家背后，还有成百上千的不走运的作家，这些人的渴望从没有得到过回报。当我辞别了我在美国海岸警卫队20年工作成为一个自由撰稿人时，没有任何前途可言。我只有一个朋友，他在纽约的一幢公寓里给我找了一个房间。尽管房间很冷而且连洗漱间也没有，不过这都没关系。我立刻买了一台旧的手动打字机，感觉自己就似乎是一个真正的作家了。然而，大约一年后，我仍旧没有任何进展并开头疑心自己。要卖出一篇暂且可以糊口的作品是如此之难。但我知道我有写作的欲望。这是我多年以来的幻想。我不会像有些人那样，在临终前还在想，当时假如不放弃该多好啊！我会连续承受考验，即使这意味着变化无常的生活和对失败的担忧。这其实也是幻想实现以前的一种虚幻的境地，每一个有幻想的人都应当学会在这种境遇中生活。
