2022考研英语二真题+答案

2022 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题Section ⅠUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on theANSWER SHEET. (10 points)HarlanCoben believesthatif you’rea writer,you'llfind the time;and thatif youcan’tfind the time, thenwritingisn’ta priorityand you’renot a writer.Forhim, writingis1job—ajoblike anyother.He has2itwith plumbing,pointingoutthata plumberdoesn’twakeupandsaythathe can’tworkwithpipestoday.3, like most writersthese days,you’reholdingdown a jobto paythe bills, it’snot 4 to find the time towrite.But it’snot impossible.Itrequiresdeterminationandsingle-mindedness.5 thatmost bestselling authorsbeganwritingwhentheywere doingotherthingsto earna living.Andtoday,evenwriterswho arefairly6 oftenhaveto do otherworkto 7theirwritingincome.As HarlanCobenhas suggested,it’sa 8of priorities.To makewritinga priority,you’llhaveto 9 some ofyourday-to-dayactivitiesandsome thingsyoureallyenjoy.Dependingon your10 andyourlifestyle,thatmightmeanspendingless time watchingtelevisionor listeningto music, thoughsome people can write 11theylistento music. Youmight haveto12the amountof exercise or sportyoudo. You'llhaveto make social media an13 activityratherthana daily,time-consuming14 . There’llprobablyhaveto be less socializingwith yourfriendsandless time withyourfamily.It’sa15 learningcurve,andit won’talwaysmakeyoupopular.There’sjustone thingyoushouldtryto keep at least some time for, 16 yourwriting—andthat’sreading.Anywriterneeds to readas muchandas widelyas theycan;it’sthe one 17 supporter—somethingyoucan’tdowithout.Time is finite, the olderyouget, the 18 it seems to go. We needto use it as carefullyandas 19 as we can.Thatmeansprioritizingout activitiesso thatwe spendmost time on the thingswe reallywantto do....