题文
I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading(在...上面走) water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — here’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.
小题1:The author decided to write a novel ______ .A．to finish the writing courseB．to realize her own dreamC．to satisfy readers’ wishD．to earn more money小题2:How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?A．Disturbed.B．Ashamed.C．Confident.D．Uncertain.小题3:What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?A．It pays off to stick to one’s goal.B．Hard work can lead to success.C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
解析
文章中主人公“我”是一个有着英语文学学位的毕业生，但对自己做什么工作在开始的时候很迷茫，做了一段时间的记者，后来又到出版商那里工作，后来有了足够的积蓄暂停了工作去搞写作，开始时对自己的写作并没有足够的信心，见了一次出版商，把自己的作品送了过去结果得到了好的反馈，从而增加了信心，最终取得了成功。
小题1: B细节理解题。 I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel.句意为：我有了足够的积蓄请一年的假期，决定去满足我写作的这种内心的深层欲望。由此可知决定写小说是为了实现自己的梦想。
小题2:D细节理解题。My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.句意为：我的信心急剧下降，认为，我的小说可能不会被印刷，我把它放在了一边，由此可知作者对自己的小说是没有把握的。
小题3:A细节判断题。最后一自然段的大意为：我感觉似乎是难以置信的运气，当你开始去做一些不同常的事情时，我们是看不到结局的。我最终还是在出版商的合同上找到了自己的名字，也就是说自己的小说还是出版了，这是一次难以置信的回报。因此是想告诉我们坚持自己的目标就会得到回报。故答案应为A。
【考点】考查人生百味类文章的阅读理解。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“I left university wi.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
