填空题

Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with (36) and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, good cooks, do not suddenly appear full - blown. Quite the (37) , just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, (38) the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a (39) in his writing, whatever its purpose - schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more the writing, and the more (40) rewarding. There are still some (41) places in the world where you might find a (42) scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few (43) who are lucky enough to have the service of that rate kind of secretary who can take care of M1 sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. (44) We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. (45) . It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. (46) . We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some "letters -to -be -read" File (档案) or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skill of interesting, effective writing.