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3．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 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-there'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writing a navel，but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there．"My confidence dived．Believing my novel could not be published，I put it aside．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（有回報的）．


49．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean？C
A．I was waiting for good fortune．
B．I was trying to find an admirable job．
C．I was being aimless about a suitable job．
D．I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time．
50．The author decided to write a novelB．
A．to finish the writing course
B．to realize her own dream
C．to satisfy readers'wish
D．to earn more money
51．How did the writer feel halfway with the novel？D
A．Disturbed．
B．Ashamed．
C．Confident．
D．Uncertain．
52．What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph？A
A．It pays 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

分析 文章中主人公"我"是一個有著英語文學(xué)學(xué)位的畢業(yè)生，但對自己做什么工作在開始的時候很迷茫，做了一段時間的記者，后來又到出版商那里工作，后來有了足夠的積蓄暫停了工作去搞寫作，開始時對自己的寫作并沒有足夠的信心，見了一次出版商，把自己的作品送了過去結(jié)果得到了好的反饋，從而增加了信心，最終幸運地找到自己喜愛的寫作這種職業(yè)，并最終取得了成功．作者通過自己的故事想告訴我們堅持自己的目標(biāo)就會得到回報．

解答 49．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)上文的"but no sense of what I wanted to do"和下文的"just trying to earn an income．I tried journalism，…then finance，which I hated．Finally，I got a job…"可知作者對于找怎樣的一份適合自己的工作這件事漫無目的．故選C．
50．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段的"I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel"可知作者決定寫小說的目的只是滿足自己內(nèi)心深處的愿望，實現(xiàn)自己的夢想．故選B．
51．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段的"It takes confidence to make a new start""My confidence dived""Believing my novel could not be published，I put it aside"及本段敘述了作者回答別人問題時提到"I'm writing a novel，but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there"可知，此時他的感覺應(yīng)該是還不完全確定他現(xiàn)在是否還要繼續(xù)寫他的小說．故選D．
52．A 推理判斷題．最后一段的大意為：我感覺似乎是難以置信的運氣，當(dāng)你開始去做一些不尋常的事情時，我們是看不到結(jié)局的．我最終還是在出版商的合同上找到了自己的名字，也就是說自己的小說還是出版了，這是一次難以置信的回報．因此是想告訴我們堅持自己的目標(biāo)就會得到回報．故答案應(yīng)為A．B項"刻苦努力是成功之路"，不符合文章意思．C、D項停留于文章表面意思．

點評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟類閱讀，考查學(xué)生對細(xì)節(jié)的理解把握和推理判斷能力，做題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要以表面文字為前提，以具體事實為依據(jù)進(jìn)行推理，做出判斷．