Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always 21 such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of 22 and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. The reality is that writing is a 23 , private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never 24 .
