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1、文來高中SectionDDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandcompletethesentencesoranswerthequestionsaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.Writingbeinglargelyaself-taughtoccupation,textsonhowtogetaboutit—thoughgreatinnumber—seldomareofmuchuse.Youtry,andfail.Thentryagain
2、,andperhapsfailnotquitesogrievously.Untilatlast,ifyouhavesomegiftforit,thefailuresbecomelessfrequent,oratanyratelessnoticeable.Itisthisabilitytoconcealone’sdefects(瑕疵)thatpasses,finally,foraccomplishment.Alongthewaytherearethediscouragementsofunkindcriticism,outrightrejection,na
3、gginginsecurityandirregularinabilitytomeetdebts.Itisuncommon,therefore,tocomeacrossabookcontainingadviceofmuchpracticalvalueforanyonetoyingwiththedangerousideaofstaringonawritinglife.Afriendrecentlyloanedmesuchabook,however—oneIwishI’dhadthelucktoreadyearsago,andwhichIwouldcomme
4、ndtoanyyoungpersonbentonmakingacareerofwords.ItistheautobiographyoftheEnglishnovelistAnthonyTrollope,firstpublishedin1883,theyearafterhisdeath.Needingsomemeanstosupporthimself,Trollopeatage19signedonasajuniorclerkintheBritishpostalservice.Hewasathisdeskat5:30eachmorningtowritefo
5、rthreehours.Andheremainedinthemailservice33years,longafterreputationandprosperityhadcometohim.Now,whatofhisadvice?1.Forsafety’ssake,armyourselfwithsomeotherskills,someotherlineofworktofallbackon.Thatway,failureatwriting,thoughthedisappointmentmaybekeen,willnotmeanutterruin.2.Don
6、otdependoverlymuchoninspiration.Writingisacraft,whichTrollopecomparedtothecraftofshoemaking.Theshoemakerwhohasjustturnedoutonepairofhisworksetstoworkimmediatelyonthenextpair.3.Haveastorytotell,but,moreimportantthanthat,peopleitwithcharacterswhowillspeakandmoveaslivingcreaturesin
7、thereader’smind.Withoutmemorablecharacters,storyaloneisnothing.4.Meetyourdeadlines.Lifeisendlessly“painfulandtroublesome”forwriterswhocan’tfinishtheirworkontime.5.Donotbeinflatedbypraise.And,aboveall,donotbecrushedbycriticism.6.Understandtherisksofwritingforaliving.“Thecareer,wh
8、ensuccessful,ispleasantenoughcertainly;butwhenu