Whenmiddle-agedAlexquithisjobandmadeuphismindtobecomeafreelance（self-employed）writer，noonecouldtellforsurewhetherhewouldsucceedornot．Hefoundacoldstorageroominabuilding，setupa（n）（41）___typewrite

　　When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance （self-employed） writer，no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not．He found a cold storage room in a building，set up a（n） （41）___ typewriter and settled down to work．

　　After a year or so，however，Alex began to （42）___ himself．He found it was difficult to earn his living by （43）___ what he wrote．But Alex determined to put his dream to the test-（44）___ it meant living with uncertainty and fear of（45）___．This is the shadowland of hope，and （46）___ with a dream must learn to live there．

　　One day Alex got a call，"We need a（n） （47）___，and we're paying 6，000a year．"6，000was（48）___ money in 1960．It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment，a used car and more．（49）___，he could write on the side．（50）___ the dollars were dancing in Alex's head，something （51）___ his senses．He had dreamed of being a （52）___-full time．"Thanks，but no，"Alex said（53）___．"I'm going to stick it out and write．"

　　After Alex got off the phone，he （54）___ everything he had：two cans of vegetables and 18cents．Alex put the cans and cents into a （55）___ bag，saying to himself，"There's everything you've made of yourself so far．"

　　Finally his work was （56）___ in 1970．Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that （57）___ writers ever experience．The shadows had turned into limelight．

　　Then one day，Alex （58）___ a box filled with things he had owned years before．（59）___ was a paper bag with two cans and 18cents．Suddenly he（60）___ 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．

　　41．A．expensiveB．pricelessC．excellentD．used42．A．doubtB．trustC．regretD．hate43．A．buyingB．sellingC．reading