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[单项选择]Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. (76) I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writ-ing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours a-lone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writ-er".
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune 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 (自由栏目) writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apart-ment 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
A. warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience
B. advise young people to give uptheir idea of becoming a professional writer
C. show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D. encourage young people to pursue a writing career
[单项选择]Questions 18 ~21 are based on the following passage.In which parts of the world are video games forbidden
A. Philippines and Japan.
B. Indonesia and Hong Kong.
C. Philippines and Indonesia.
D. The United States and Indonesia.
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Questions 5 to 8 are based on the following passage.
What was NOT introduced to the settlers by the Indians( ).
A. Iron tools.
B. Building canoes.
C. Blazing trails.
D. Planting crops.