第3章 完型填空（1 / 2）

Harn believes that if you’re a writer, you’ll find the time; and that if you ’t find the time, then writing isn’t a priority and you’re not a writer. For him writing is a （1）job—a job like any other. He has （2）it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn’t wake up and say that he ’t work with pipes today.

（3）, like most writers these days, you’re holding down a job to pay the bills, it’s not （4）to find the time to write. But it’s not impossible. It requires determination and single-mindedness. （5）that most bestselling authors began writing when they were doing other things to earn a living. And today, even writers who are fairly （6）often have to do other work to（7）their writing ine.

As Harn has suggested, it’s a （8）of priorities. To make writing a priority, you’ll have to（9）some of your day-to-day activities and some things you really enjoy. Depending on your （10）and your lifestyle, that might mean spendiime watg television or listening to music, though some people write （ 11 ）they listen to musiight have to （ 12 ）the amount of exercise or sport you do. You’ll have to make social media an （13）activity rather than a daily, time-ing （ 14 ）. There’ll probably have to be less socialising with your friends aime with your family. Ifs a （15 ） learning curve and it won’t always make you popur.

There’s just ohing you should try to keep at least some time for, （ 16 ）your writing—and that’s reading. Any writer o read as mud as widely as they ; it’s the one（17 )supporter—something you ’t do without.

Time is fihe older you get, the （ 18 ) it seems to go. We o use it as carefully and as（19 ) as we , that means prioritising our activities so that we spend most time ohings we really want to do. If you're a writer, that means— （ 20 ) writing.

1. [A]difficult

[B] normal 正常的，常规的

[C] steady 稳定的

[D] pleasant 令人愉快的

第一题分析:括号前后句意为“写作就像其他任何工作一样”

2. [A]bined结合

[B]pared比较

[fused 混淆

[D]fronted 使面对

第二题分析:该空为他的观点，结合上下文，“对他而言写作和其他工作是没有差别的，一个人不会一觉醒来说自己今天不做本身的工作了”

3. [A]If

[B]Though

[ce

[D]Unless

第三体分析:空后说像大多数作家一样，写作是为了支付账单而要保住工作。根据词意带入选择正确的答案。

4. [A]enough

[B]strange奇怪的

[C]wrong错误的

[D]easy

第四题分析:结合上下语句分析，But后面句意为“但是抽出时间写作不太可能”

5. [A]Accept

[B]Expin

[C]Remember

[D]Suppose

第五题分析:结合上下句子翻译

6. [A]well-known 著名的

[B]well-advised 深思熟虑的

[C]well-informed 见多识广的

[D]well-chosen 适当的

7. [A]donate捐赠

[B]gee 产生

[C]supplement 补充

[D]calcute 计算

第六、七题分析:句意为“如今。即使是相当——作家，也通常不得不从事其他工作来——他们的写作收入”根据实际填空，大意为:即使相当有名的作家也要从事其他工作来提高他们的收入，经过选项翻译进行选择

8. [A]cause

[B]purpose

[C]question

[D]dition

第八题分析:结合上一段进行分析，这是一个优先级的问题

9. [A]highlight 强调

[B]sacrifice 牺牲

[tinue 继续

[D]explore 探索

第九题分析:前后句翻译

10. [A]retions

[B]is 业余爱好

[C]memories

[D]skills

第十题分析:后句有提到看电视、听音乐，结合实际情况，应该填与生活相关的词

11. [A]until

[B]because