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(在...上面走) 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 — here’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 novel, 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 Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.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.
【小題1】The author decided to write a novel ______ .

A．to finish the writing course B．to realize her own dream
C．to satisfy readers’ wish D．to earn more money
【小題2】How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A．Disturbed. B．Ashamed. C．Confident. D．Uncertain.
【小題3】What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?
A．It pays off 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.


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：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(shí)候很迷茫，做了一段時(shí)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(shí)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，最終取得了成功。
【小題1】 B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。  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.句意為：我有了足夠的積蓄請一年的假期，決定去滿足我寫作的這種內(nèi)心的深層欲望。由此可知決定寫小說是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想。
【小題2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.句意為：我的信心急劇下降，認(rèn)為，我的小說可能不會被印刷，我把它放在了一邊，由此可知作者對自己的小說是沒有把握的。
【小題3】A細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。最后一自然段的大意為：我感覺似乎是難以置信的運(yùn)氣，當(dāng)你開始去做一些不同常的事情時(shí)，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(bào)。因此是想告訴我們堅(jiān)持自己的目標(biāo)就會得到回報(bào)。故答案應(yīng)為A。
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Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates' Court the following Monday．Then they let me go．
I wanted to conduct my own defense in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor （律師）．We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my English teacher from school as a character witness．But he was never called on to give evidence．My 'trial' didn't get that far．The magistrate （法官） dismissed the case after fifteen minutes．1 was free．The poor police had never stood a chance．The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police．
And so I do not have a criminal record．But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on．I had the 'right' accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor．Given the obscure nature of the charge．I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty．While asking for costs to be awarded, my solicitor's case quite obviously revolved （回轉(zhuǎn)） around the fact that I had a 'brilliant academic record'．
Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police． 'You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,' he said to me reproachfully （責(zé)備地）．
What did he mean? Probably that I should have looked outraged （暴怒）and said something like, 'Look here, do you know who you're talking to? I am a highly successful student with a brilliant academic record．How dare you arrest me!' Then they, probably, would have apologized perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way．
【小題1】Judging from the first paragraph, the writer's attitude towards his story is _______．

A．a(chǎn)ngryB．sad
C．a(chǎn)musedD．more than just one of the above
【小題2】The first man who came up to him was ______．
A．a(chǎn) uniformed policemanB．a(chǎn) policeman in plainclothes
C．not a policemanD．a(chǎn) good joker
【小題3】The court never asked the author's English teacher to give evidence because _______．
A．the time for the trial was limited to fifteen minutes only
B．the author wanted to conduct his own defense in court
C．the case was dismissed before the trial reached that stage
D．he was found to be unqualified as a character witness
【小題4】The author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if _______．
A．the magistrate had been less gentle
B．he had really been out of work
C．he had been born in a lower—class family
D．both B and C
【小題5】In the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author, the whole thing might not have occurred if ______．
A．he had protested strongly at the time
B．he had begged to be allowed to go home
C．he hadn't wandered aimlessly
D．he had tried to look cool
【小題6】We can see from the passage that the author ______．
A．has broken the law only once
B．has never broken the law
C．has broken the law on more than one occasion
D．once broke the law without knowing it

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