题文
Writing a long book seemed to be too much for me. So, for a long time, I just wrote short articles. One day, inspiration(灵感) for an article hit me and, as I started writing, paragraphs began flowing out fast. It turned out to be too long to be an article. I thought it would not hurt to try self-publishing a booklet(小册子). The first printing of this 32-page black and white booklet sold out within a week. Here is something that I have learned through my experience.1.Start small.
Don’t try to have a 400-page work as your first publication. I suggest you publish a booklet under 50 pages to launch your career as an author.
2.Ask for advice.
If you know some people who have published something, ask them for advice and help. You will gain useful information from them and save yourself many problems.
3.
When you put your heart into something only to hear“We’re not interested”,you may get hurt. But you must remind yourself that this is quite common. Every“yes”you receive comes after at least five“noes”,especially at the beginning. You need to revise your book many times to reduce the chances of being turned down.
4.The more you market, the more you sell.
You can publish an excellent book. But if no people know about it, you cannot expect many buyers. Send out an e-mail to friends, family and business partners, telling them your book’s publication date. Ask them to help sell your book.
Do not be afraid to try novel ideas.
小题1:What does the underlined word“launch”in Point 1 there mean?A．Begin.B．Develop.C．Lead.D．Describe.小题2:What’s the best title for Point 3?A．No one will like what you wrote at first.B．You will get hurt by what you wrote at first.C．Prepare for a“yes”rather than a“no”.D．Be prepared to deal with“noes”.小题3:According to the passage, if you want to have more copies of your book sold, you should .A．advertise your book in newspapersB．try to make more people know your bookC．ask your business partners to buy your bookD．write something that people are interested in小题4:about self-publishing a book, the writer would most probably agree that .A．one usually makes no money out of self-publishing a bookB．one should never self-publish a book longer than 400C．self-publishing a book is impossible for most peopleD．asking advice from people who have published a book is helpful 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析
小题1:A 推理题。根据本句I suggest you publish a booklet under 50 pages to launch your career as an author.以及第二段主题Start small.说明是要我们从小规模做起。故该词指开始的意思。故A正确。
小题2:D 段落大意题。本段的中心思想是告诉我们该如何处理别人对我们的拒绝。故D正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据倒数第二段第2句But if no people know about it, you cannot expect many buyers.说明如果人们不了解这本书，就不要期待着有读者。那么就是指要想多卖书，就得让更多的人知道这本书。故B正确。
小题4:D 细节题。根据第三段If you know some people who have published something, ask them for advice and help. You will gain useful information from them and save yourself many problems.说明向那些曾经出版过书的人求助对你是有很大帮助的。故D正确。
点评：本文是作者在写作以及卖书方面的经历以及他给那些写书的人的一些建议。文章内容较为简单，要求考生仔细阅读文本，耐心审题，结合题目做出准确的定位判断。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Writing a long book .....”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。
