After a year or so,however,Alex began to__17__himself.He found it was difficult to earn his living by__18__what he wrote.But Alex determined to put his dream to the test—__19__it meant living with uncertainty and fear of__20__.This is the shadowland of hope,and__21__with a dream must learn to live there.
One day Alex got a call,“We need a(n)__22__,and we’re paying $6,000 a year.”$6,000 was__23__money in 1960.It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment,a used car and more.__24__,he could write on the side. __25__the dollars were dancing in Alex’s head,something__26__his senses.He had dreamed of being a__27__—full time.“Thanks but no,”Alex said__28__,“I’m going to stick it out and write.”
After Alex got off the phone,he__29__everything he had:two cans of vegetables and 18 cents.Alex put the cans and cents into a__30__bag,saying to himself,“There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far.”
Finally his work was__31__in 1970.Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that__32__writers ever experienced.The shadows had turned into limelight.
Then one day,Alex__33__a box filled with things he had owned years before.__34__was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents.Suddenly he__35__himself working in that cold storage room.It reminds Alex,and anyone with a dream,of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland.16.A.expensive B.priceless C.excellent D.used
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