2022年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)真题.pdf

2022年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)真题

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankand

mark,A.B.CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)

HarlonCobenbelievesthatifyouareawriter,you’llfindthetime;andthat

ifcan’tfindthetime,thenwritingisn’tanpriorityandyou’renotawriter.For

him,writingisa_1job-ajoblikeanyother.Hehas_2itwithplumbing.

Pointingoutthataplumberdoesn’twakeupandsaythathecan’tworkwith

pipestoday.

3,likemostwritersthesedays,youareholdingdownajobtopaythe

bills,it’snot4_tofindthetimetowrite.Butit’snotimpossible.Itrequires

determinationandsingle-mindedness.

5thatmostbestsellingauthorsbeganwritingwhentheyweredoingother

thingstoearnaliving.Andtoday,evenwriterswhoarefairly_6oftenhave

todootherworkto7theirwritingincome.

AsHarlonCobenhassuggested,it’sa8ofpriorities.Tomakewritinga

priority,you’llhaveto_9someofyourday-to-dayactivitiesandsomethings

youreallyenjoy.Dependingonyour10andyourlifestyle,thatmightmean

spendinglesstimewatchingtelevisionorlisteningtomusic,thoughsome

peoplecanwrite11_theylistentomusic.Youmighthaveto

12_theamountofexerciseorsportyoudo.You’llhavetomakesocial

mediaan13activityratherthanadaily,time-consuming14_.There’ll

probablyhavetobelesssocialisingwithyourfriendsandlesstimewithyour

family.It’sa_15learningcurve,anditwon’talwaysmakeyoupopular.

There’sjustonethingyoushouldtrytokeepatleastsometimefor,16

yourwriting-andthat’sreading.Anywriteneedstoreadasmuchandas

widelyastheycan;it’stheone17_supporter-somethingyoucannotdowithout.

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Timeisfinite.Theolderyoumet,the_18itseemstogo.Weneedtouseitas

care