2024考研英语二真题及答案解析 .pdf

2022考研英语二真题及答案解析

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblank

andmarkA.B.CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

HarlanCobenbelievesthatifyou'reawriter,you'llfindthetime;andthatifyou

can'tfindthetime,thenwritingisn'tapriorityandyou'renotawriter.Forhimwriting

isa(1)job—ajoblikeanyother.Hehas(2)itwithplumbing,pointingoutthataplumber

doesn'twakeupandsaythathecan'tworkwithpipestoday.

(3).likemostwritersthesedays,you'reholdingdownajobtopaythebills.it's

not(4)tofindthetimetowriteButit'snotimpossibleItrequiresdeterminationand

single-mindedness.

(5)thatmostbestsellingauthorsbeganwritingwhentheyweredoingotherthingsto

earnalivingAndtoday,evenwriterswhoarefairly(6)oftenhavetodootherworkto(7)

theirwritingincome.

AsHarlanCobenhassuggestedit'sa(8)ofpriorities.Tomakewritingapriority,you'

llhaveto(9)someofyourday-to-day-activitiesandsomethingsyoureallyenjoyDepending

onyour(10)andyourlifestyle,thatmightmeanspendinglesstimewatchingtelevisionor

listeningtomusic.thoughsomepeoplecanwrite(11)theylistentomusic.Youmighthave

to(12)theamountofexerciseorsportyoudo.You'llhavetomakesocialmediaan(13)

activityratherthanadailytime-consuming(14)There"llprobablyhavetobeless

socializingwithyourfriendsanlesstimewithyourfamilyItsa(15)learningcurve.and

itwon'talwaysmakeyoupopular.

There'sjustonethingyoushouldtrytokeepatleastsometimefor,(16)yourwriting-

andthat'sreading.Andwriterneedstoreadasmuchandaswidelyastheycan:it'stheone

(17)supporter-somethingyoucan'tdowithout.

Timeisfinite.Theolderyouget,the(18)itseemstogo.Weneedtouseitas

carefullyandas(19)aswe