Understanding vocabulary. Choose the correct definition according to the context. 1. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never requited . A. reconsidered b.realized c.required d.rewarded 2. When I left a 20-year-career in the Coast Guard to become a freelance writer,I had no prospects at all. A. chances of future success b.financial support c.social connections d.permanent job 3. On the phone was an old acquaintance from the Coast Guard,now stationed in San Francisco. A. working b.found c.busy d.resting 4. What ’ s more,I could write on the side . A. full time b.as a secondary occupation c.with more concentration D. with enough time 5. From deep inside a bull-headed resolution welled up . A. rose like water b.took shape c.came into sight d.overwhelmed 6. Through him I met other struggling artist like Joe Delaney,a veteran painter from Knoxville,tenn. A. poorly paid b.practical c. senior d.experienced 7. Often Joe lacked food money,so he ’ d visit a neighborhood butcher who give him big bones with morsels of meat and a grocer who would hand him some wilted vegetables. A. less than fresh b.cheap c.edible d.less nutritious 8. The shadows had turned into dazzling limelight . A. substantial success b.center of public attention c.places without shadow d.full daylight 9. It was a confusing, exhilarating time,and in a sense was blinded by the light of my success. A. entertaining and interesting b.urgent and decisive c.delighting and exciting d.critical and rare 10. I opened it,and there were two corroded sardine cans,a nickel,a dime and three pennies. a.rusted b.used c.corrupted d.salted