Idon’tknowhowIbecameawriter,butIthinkitwasbecauseofacertainforceinmethathadtowriteandthatfinallyburstthroughandfoundachannel.Mypeoplewereoftheworkingclassofpeople.Myfather,astone?cutter,wasamanwithagreatrespectandveneration(崇敬)forliterature.Hehadatremendousmemory,andhelovedpoetry,andthepoetrythathelovedbestwasnaturallyoftherhetoricalkindthatsuchamanwouldlike.Neverthelessitwasgoodpoetry,Hamlet’sSoliloquy,Macbeth,MarkAntony’s“FuneralOration”,Grey’s“Elegy”,andalltherestofit.Ihearditallasachild;Imemorizedandlearneditall.
Hesentmetocollegetothestateuniversity.Thedesiretowrite,whichhadbeenstrongduringallmydaysinhighschool,grewstrongerstill.Iwaseditorofthecollegepaper,thecollegemagazine,etc.,andinmylastyearortwoIwasamemberofacourseinplaywritingwhichhadjustbeenestablishedthere.Iwroteseverallittleone?actplays,stillthinkingIwouldbecomealawyeroranewspaperman,neverdaringtobelieveIcouldseriouslybecomeawriter.ThenIwenttoHarvard,wrotesomemoreplaysthere,becameobsessedwith(着迷于)theideathatIhadtobeaplaywright,leftHarvard,hadmyplaysrejected,andfinallyintheautumnof1926,how,why,orinwhatmannerIhaveneverexactlybeenabletodetermine.Butprobablybecausetheforceinmethathadtowriteatlengthsoughtoutitschannel,IbegantowritemyfirstbookinLondon.Iwaslivingallaloneatthattime.Ihadtworooms—abedroomandasittingroom—inalittersquareinChelseainwhichallthehouseshadthatfamiliar,smokedbrickandcream?yellow?plasterlook.
1.Wemayconclude,inregardtotheauthor’sdevelopmentasawriter,thathisfather________.
A.madeanimportantcontribution
B.insistedthathechoosewritingasacareer
C.opposedhisbecomingawriter
D.insistedthathereadHamletinordertolearnhowtobeawriter
2.Theauthorbelievesthathebecameawritermostlybecauseof________.
A.hisspecialtalent
B.hisfather’steachingandencouragement
C.hisstudyatHarvard
D.ahiddenurgewithinhim
3.Theauthor________.
A.begantothinkofbecomingawriteratHarvard
B.hadalwaysbeensu