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2022年河北考研英语二试题真题及答案

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,C

orDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

HarlanCobenbelievesthatifyou’reawriter,you’llfindthetime;andthatifyoucan’

tfindthetime,thenwritingisn’tapriorityandyou’renotawriter.Forhim,writingis

a1job–ajoblikeanyother.Hehas2itwithplumbing,pointingatthataplumberdoesn’t

wakeupandsaythathecan’tworkwithpipestoday.

3,likemostwritersthesedays,you’reholidaydownajobtopaythebills,it’snot4

tofindthetimetowrite.Butit’snotimpossible.Itrequiresdeterminationandsingle-mindedness.

5thatmostbestsellingauthorsbeganwritingwhentheyweredoingotherthingstoearnaliving.

Andtoday,evenwriterswhoarefairly6oftenhavetodootherworkto7theirwritingincome.

AsHarlanCobenhassuggested,it’sa8ofpriorities.Tomakewritingapriority,you’

llhaveto9someofyourday-to-dayactivitiesandsomethingsyoureallyenjoy.Dependingon

your10andyourlifestyle,thatmightmeanspendinglesstimewatchingtelevisionorlistening

tomusic,thoughsomepeoplecanwrite11theylistentomusic.Youmighthaveto12theamount

ofexerciseorsportyoudo.You’llhavetomakesocialmediaan13activityratherthanadaily,

time-consuming14.There’llprobablyhavetobelesssocializingwithyourfriendsandless

timewithyourfamily.It’sa15learningcurve,anditwon’talwaysmakeyoupopular.

There’sjustonethingyoushouldtrytokeepatleastsometimefor,16yourwriting–

andthat’sreading.Anywriterneedstoreadasmuchandaswidelyastheycan;it’stheone

17supporter–somethingyoucan’tdowithout.

Timeisfinite.Theolderyouget,the18itseemstogo.Weneedtouseitascarefullyand

as19aswe