Question

I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading(在...上面走) water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.

    I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.

    It takes confidence to make a new start — here’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.

    Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.

    The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.

    It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.

1.The author decided to write a novel ______ .

A. to finish the writing course       B. to realize her own dream

C. to satisfy readers’ wish          D. to earn more money

2.How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A. Disturbed.        B. Ashamed.        C. Confident.        D. Uncertain.

3.What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. It pays off to stick to one’s goal.

B. Hard work can lead to success.

C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.

D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章中主人公“我”是一个有着英语文学学位的毕业生，但对自己做什么工作在开始的时候很迷茫，做了一段时间的记者，后来又到出版商那里工作，后来有了足够的积蓄暂停了工作去搞写作，开始时对自己的写作并没有足够的信心，见了一次出版商，把自己的作品送了过去结果得到了好的反馈，从而增加了信心，最终取得了成功。

1. B细节理解题。  I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel.句意为：我有了足够的积蓄请一年的假期，决定去满足我写作的这种内心的深层欲望。由此可知决定写小说是为了实现自己的梦想。

2.D细节理解题。My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.句意为：我的信心急剧下降，认为，我的小说可能不会被印刷，我把它放在了一边，由此可知作者对自己的小说是没有把握的。

3.A细节判断题。最后一自然段的大意为：我感觉似乎是难以置信的运气，当你开始去做一些不同常的事情时，我们是看不到结局的。我最终还是在出版商的合同上找到了自己的名字，也就是说自己的小说还是出版了，这是一次难以置信的回报。因此是想告诉我们坚持自己的目标就会得到回报。故答案应为A。

【考点】考查人生百味类文章的阅读理解。