Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always __1__ such people, but I also explain that there’sa big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of __2__ 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 __3__, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never __4__.

　　When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(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 didn't even matter that it was __6__and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a __7__ writer. After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to __8__ myself. It was so hard to sell a story that __9__ 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 ofthose people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test — even though it meant living with __10__and fear 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] doubt

　　[E] lonely

　　[F] poverty

　　[G] persuade

　　[H] prospects

　　[I] uncertainty

　　[J] impossibly

　　[K] encourage

　　[L] awarded

　　[M] alone

　　[N] wealth

　　[O] cold

　　參考答案：

　　1.選K

　　2.選N

　　3.選E

　　4.選C

　　5.選H

　　6.選O

　　7.選B

　　8.選D

　　9.選A

　　10.選I