阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C 和D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。" I can' t connect with your characters. " I kept hearing the same feedback and was unable to understand why and not sure what to do. I was a character- driven writer. How could I mess up the one thing I was supposed to be good at? I was determined to convince my agent that these characters were real. After all, I knew they were real. My main character Lotus had lived inside me for years. I just needed to clarify her on the page. I wrote and edited for a year, trying to respond to this agent' s feedback. But Lotus' personality began to disappear. I tried to have her make " better" decisions, wear smarter fashion, and have more friends, as my agent said she acted " immature" and was " isolated" . And when this agent ultimately parted ways with me, I felt like I had faile d. Now with time and distance, I realize I tried to fit Lotus into a neurotypical style to please my agent. And as a result, Lotus lost her Lotus-ness. When that agent discouraged me from writing Lotus as autistic(自闭的), he said that would make Lotus seem more " vulnerable(脆弱的)" or an " obvious victim" . I didn' t want Lotus to seem vulnerable. Lotus' autism is what makes her powerful, I tried to explain. But from a neurotypical perspective, Lotus' autism could only be seen as a weakness. Unsure of how to convince my agent of the strength and power autistic women hold, I began to write Lotus as " neurotypical" . And I failed miserably. After all, what do I know about being neurotypical? My whole life, autism was my default. Not being diagnosed until 2020, I assumed the way I saw the world was " normal" . My current agent encourages me to write from my neurodivergent( 神经多样性的) experience. With this invitation, I revisited Lotus and saw her the way I first wrote her. And when I did, the characters and the entire narrative began to make more sense. Identifying my characters as neurodivergent not only gives me joy as a writer, but it has produced my strongest writing. For so long, I' ve combatted the advice to " write what I know" , in part because I didn' t know what I actually knew. I didn' t know I was neurodivergent. But as I mine the specificity of my lived experience, my writing is stronger. There is a power to our lived experience. It' s not a limitation on our craft, but a swinging open of the gates.
(1)
How did the author feel when receiving the repeated response from the first agent?
A . Confused.
B . Convinced.
C . Determined.
D . Disappointed.
(2)
Why did Lotus' personality get lost?
A . Lotus no longer lived inside the author.
B . The author attempted to please the agent.
C . The agent failed to sympathize with Lotus.
D . Lotus was considered childish and lonely.
(3)
What do we know about the author?
A . She regretted parting with the agent.
B . She owed her success in life to autism.
C . She was aware of her autism in the early years.
D . She was empowered by her autistic experience.
(4)
What has the author learned from her own experience?
A . Stick to your dream despite discouragement.
B . Be true to yourself and write from your heart.
C . Giving in to authority is the barrier to success.
D . Everyone is born an original instead of a copy.
答案: A
B
D
B