My best friend loved drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子)or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的)to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.

  Now the very same thing is true to literature(文學(xué)). And the questionHow shall I begin?only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的)enough to trust your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail, that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

(1) The writer's friend drew the horses ________.

[  ]

Avery well

Bin the way of Western rule

Cin the way of his own rule

(2) The writer was surprised because __________.

[  ]

Athe artist began to draw at the head of the horse

Bthe artist began to draw at the foot of the horse

Cthe artist did not follow other people's rule

(3) You are not yet experienced because ________.

[  ]

Ayou do not trust to your own powers

Byou want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

Cyou always asked question

(4) When you become more experienced, you will ________.

[  ]

Anever ask question

Boften begin at the tail

Cwrite the end of the story before you have even thought of the begining

(5) The topic of the passage is ________.

[  ]

Ahow to draw a horse

Btrust your own powers

Chow to make your own rules

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