2022考研英语二真题及答案.pdfVIP

2022年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二真题

SectionⅠUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonthe

ANSWERSHEET.(10points)

HarlanCobenbelievesthatifyou’reawriter,youllfindthetime;andthatifyoucan’tfindthetime,then

writingisn’tapriorityandyou’renotawriter.Forhim,writingis1job—ajoblikeanyother.Hehas2it

withplumbing,pointingoutthataplumberdoesn’twakeupandsaythathecan’tworkwithpipestoday.

3,likemostwritersthesedays,you’reholdingdownajobtopaythebills,it’snot4tofindthetimeto

write.Butit’snotimpossible.Itrequiresdeterminationandsingle-mindedness.5thatmostbestsellingauthors

beganwritingwhentheyweredoingotherthingstoearnaliving.Andtoday,evenwriterswhoarefairly6often

havetodootherworkto7theirwritingincome.

AsHarlanCobenhassuggested,it’sa8ofpriorities.Tomakewritingapriority,you’llhaveto9someof

yourday-to-dayactivitiesandsomethingsyoureallyenjoy.Dependingonyour10andyourlifestyle,thatmight

meanspendinglesstimewatchingtelevisionorlisteningtomusic,thoughsomepeoplecanwrite11theylisten

tomusic.Youmighthaveto12theamountofexerciseorsportyoudo.Youllhavetomakesocialmediaan

13activityratherthanadaily,time-consuming14.There’llprobablyhavetobelesssocializingwithyour

friendsandlesstimewithyourfamily.It’sa15learningcurve,anditwon’talwaysmakeyoupopular.

There’sjustonethingyoushouldtrytokeepatleastsometimefor,16yourwriting—andthat’sreading.

Anywriterneedstoreadasmuchandaswidelyastheycan;it’stheone17supporter—somethingyoucan’tdo

without.

Timeisfinite,theolderyouget,the18itseemstogo.Weneedtouseitascarefullyandas19aswecan.

Thatmeansprioritizingoutactivitiessothatwespendmosttimeonthethingswereallywanttodo.Ifyouarea

writer,thatmeans—20—writing.

1.[A]difficult[B]normal[C]steady[D]pleasant

2.[A]combined[B]compared[C]confused[D]confronted