选修6 Unit 2　Poems-（达标训练）【导学教程】2024旧教材老高考英语新编大一轮总复习（人教版）

[对应学生用书P419] Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2022·太原模拟)My phone beeped as I closed the passenger door. I knew that the text was from my friend, Robin, a poet. But I did not want to read it. Robin had recently submitted her manuscript to several publishers and she expected a response from one soon. From my view, her writing life was already charmed：work at a celebrated workshop and publish articles in literary journals. I was waiting to hear back from some book consultants. Three weeks had passed since I had sent them some manuscript pages. I'd returned to my state of frustration (沮丧) and the familiar misery. I needed my phone for navigation, so I had no choice but to look at the screen. “I have news.” It was Robin. “Good news ...” My insides shook as I sat waiting for my husband. Can we escape? As I longed for some of Robin's magic to wear off, I had to figure out how to respond to her text, how to be a friend. “Is it about your manuscript？？？”“Yes！” she answered. “We can talk later but I have a book coming out next year! I'm in shock！！！”I cried, quietly. I dug deep to find the words friendship called for —“wonderful”，“amazing”，“extremely talented”. But as I texted, each word felt pathetic　. This time, jealousy had put a valuable friendship at risk. To overcome it, I had to face the fact that Robin had achieved something I could not. None of my excuses—the demands of motherhood, financial pressure，“I'm not good at this”—seemed to hold up anymore. Two days later, I wrote to the consulting company again. They responded：“The writing is really good.” I was overjoyed. Robin and I are still stairs apart on the writing—the success ladder, but all four of our feet are moving upward. After her book was released, she and I met over beers. I asked about her writing process；how did she create her book? A clue: it wasn't magic. [解题导语]　本文是一篇记叙文。作者的朋友Robin是一名诗人，她常在文学期刊上发表文章，明年将出版新书。与她相比，作者的投稿常石沉大海。受到朋友成功的鼓励，作者决定继续投稿，并得到了回复。 1．Why was the author unwilling to read the text? A．Because she was too busy t