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  3. Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big diff

Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big diff

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问题     Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer. ’
    The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor - paying affair. For every writer kissed by for tune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20 - year career in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人), I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
    After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering. What fie. I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
"... people who die wondering. What if?"( Para. 3, Line 3 )refers to "those ______".
选项 A、who think too much of the dark side of life
B、who regret giving up their career halfway
C、who think a lot without making a decision
D、who are full of imagination even upon death
答案B
解析 本题可以依据该句出现在上下文作出判断。该句出现在第三段，上文是“But I knew I wanted to write，I had dreamed about it for years．”(但是我知道我要写。这是我多年的梦想)。下文是“I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure．”(我会继续接受考验——即意味着生活在忐忑不安和对失败的担
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