When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance （self-employed） writer，no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not．He found a cold storage room in a building，set up a（n） （1）DD typewriter and settled down to work．
After a year or so，however，Alex began to （2）AA himself．He found it was difficult to earn his living by （3）BB what he wrote．But Alex determined to put his dream to the test-（4）CC it meant living with uncertainty and fear of（5）AA．This is the shadowland of hope，and （6）CC with a dream must learn to live there．
One day Alex got a call，"We need a（n） （7）DD，and we're paying 6，000 a year．"6，000 was（8）BB money in 1960．It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment，a used car and more．（9）BB，he could write on the side．（10）CC the dollars were dancing in Alex's head，something （11）AA his senses．He had dreamed of being a （12）AA-full time．"Thanks，but no，"Alex said（13）CC．"I'm going to stick it out and write．"
After Alex got off the phone，he （14）BB everything he had：two cans of vegetables and 18 cents．Alex put the cans and cents into a （15）BB bag，saying to himself，"There's everything you've made of yourself so far．"
Finally his work was （16）AA in 1970．Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that （17）BB writers ever experience．The shadows had turned into limelight．
Then one day，Alex （18）DD a box filled with things he had owned years before．（19）CC was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents．Suddenly he（20）DD himself working in that cold storage room．It reminds Alex，and anyone with a dream，of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland．
| （1） | A．expensive | B．priceless | C．excellent | D．used |
| （2） | A．doubt | B．trust | C．regret | D．hate |
| （3） | A．buying | B．selling | C．reading | D．a(chǎn)ppreciating |
| （4） | A．what if | B．now that | C．even though | D．a(chǎn)s if |
| （5） | A．failure | B．success | C．loss | D．pain |
| （6） | A．someone | B．nobody | C．a(chǎn)nyone | D．none |
| （7） | A．writer | B．boss | C．manager | D．a(chǎn)ssistant |
| （8） | A．little | B．real | C．false | D．high |
| （9） | A．Still | B．Besides | C．However | D．Therefore |
| （10） | A．If | B．Because | C．As | D．But |
| （11） | A．cleared | B．destroyed | C．hurt | D．struck |
| （12） | A．writer | B．dancer | C．driver | D．a(chǎn)ssistant |
| （13） | A．hurriedly | B．slowly | C．firmly | D．hesitantly |
| （14） | A．pulled apart | B．pulled out | C．pulled down | D．pulled back |
| （15） | A．plastic | B．paper | C．cloth | D．metal |
| （16） | A．published | B．completed | C．written | D．punished |
| （17） | A．poor | B．few | C．famous | D．great |
| （18） | A．picked | B．searched | C．sought | D．found |
| （19） | A．Outside | B．Below | C．Inside | D．Above |
| （20） | A．reminded | B．called | C．described | D．pictured |
【考點(diǎn)】做人與做事．
【答案】D；A；B；C；A；C；D；B；B；C；A；A；C；B；B；A；B；D；C；D
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