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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’ s a big dif

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问题     Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’ s a big difference between being a writer and writing.(71)In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ ve got to want to write. " I say to them, "not want to be a writer.
    The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found for me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’ t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
    After a year or so, however, I still hadn’ t got a break and began to doubt myself.(72)It was so hard to sell a story that I barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’ t going to be one of those people who died wondering: What if I would keep putting my dream to test(even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure)? This is the shadow-land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
What can be concluded from the passage?
选项 A、A writer’ s success depends on luck rather than on effort.
B、Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.
C、Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D、The chances for writers to become successful are small.
答案D
解析 推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded．”可知，在每一个受到命运之神青睐、获得成功的作家背后，都有成千上万个渴求成功却从来没有得到回报的人。由此可推知，成为成功作家的概率很小。故选D。
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