【題目】For years I have had no idea what I have been doing with my life. I was a 30-year-old lawyer(律師) in New York. But being a lawyer was never my dream or goal in life. I honestly wanted to be a writer. I have a great imagination and would write amazing stories in my head. But I always knew that being a writer was never possible for me because it was a better financial decision to stay a lawyer.

Recently, I couldn’t fall asleep at my usual time of 10 p. m. and when I did fall asleep I had the same dream over and over again. The dream starts with me in the ocean trying to go for a swim and I’m searching for something, but I start to drown(溺水) and have no control over my body. Then a light shines through the waters and when I look up all I can see is myself in a bright white room writing a novel. Then I hear a voice say repeatedly, “Now is the time to try something new!”

It wasn’t just a dream；it was my opportunity to make something good out of my life. That afternoon, I quit my job at the law firm and I couldn’t have been any happier. My life started at 30, and every day since that point I haven’t stopped enjoying life. I started to write and have been on the best-sellers（暢銷書） list for the last two months. Things have definitely turned around.

Change is a good thing; it gives us an opportunity to take a chance. So my two favorite words I live by and so should you are “change and chance”.

【1】From the first paragraph, we can know that ________.

A. a lawyer is likely to earn more than a writer

B. it is unlikely that the author becomes a writer

C. the author is a 30-year-old lawyer at present

D. the author prefers to be a lawyer rather than a writer

【2】The second paragraph mainly talks about the author’s ________.

A. strong desire to become a writer

B. difficulty in sleeping at night.

C. wish to have a swim in the waters

D. terrible swimming experience in the ocean.

【3】The best title of the text might be _________.

A. Change and Choice B. Lawyer or Writer

C. Change and Chance D. Risk or Opportunity

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】本篇議論文。本篇文章講述作者是一位30多歲的律師，但卻一直夢想成為一名作家，尤其是最近一直做夢在寫小說。于是辭掉了在法律公司的工作開始寫小說，后來他的書一直是暢銷書。于是作者認為改變是好事，可以給我們一個機會去抓住機會 。

【1】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“But I always knew that being a writer was never possible for me because it was a better financial decision to stay a lawyer.” 但我一直都知道做一名作家對我來說是不可能的，因為做律師是一個更好的基于經(jīng)濟的決定。意味著做律師比做作家賺的錢更好。故選A。

【2】A

推理判斷題�！�Recently, I couldn’t fall asleep at my usual time of 10 p. m. and when I did fall asleep I had the same dream over and over again…. I can see is myself in a bright white room writing a novel. Then I hear a voice say repeatedly, “Now is the time to try something new!”由此可知他一直渴望想成為一名作家。故選A。

【3】C

主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容：改變是件好事，它給我們一個機會去抓住機會。所以我最喜歡的兩個詞是“改變和機會”。故C是最佳的標題。故選C。

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