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 gottEn A BrEAk AnD BEgAn to DouBt mysElF. It wAs so hArD to sEll A story thAt I BArEly mADE Enough to EAt.But I knEw I wAntED to writE, I hAD DrEAmED ABout For yEArs. I wAsn’t going to BE onE oF thosE pEoplE who DiE wonDEring: WhAt iF (77) I woulD kEEp putting my DrEAm to thE tEst EvEn though it mEAnt living with unCErtAinty AnD FEAr oF FAilurE. This is thE ShADow LAnD oF hopE, AnD AnyonE with A DrEAm must lEArn to livE thErE.
"... pEoplE who DiD wonDEring. WhAt iF " (pArAgrAph 3) rEFErs to "thosE______".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