For the person keeping a journal, whatever he experiences and wants to hold he can write down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced, and to be able to say what, in fact, the experience is. What of it is new? What of it is remarkable because of associations in the memory it stirs up? Is it a good or bad thing to have happened? And why, specifically? The questions multiply themselves quickly. As one tries to find the words that best represent this discovery, the experience becomes even more clear in its shape and meaning.
Beyond the value of the journal as record, there is the value of the discipline it teaches. The journalist begins to pay closer attention to what happens to and around himself. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of representing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his experiences. To have given up one s experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and potential of its meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and clarified to oneself. When the intention of the development of that meaning is the consideration of another reader, the method of the journal redirects itself and it becomes the essay.
16. The author thinks of keeping a journal as _____. [A] an association [B] an adventure [C] a discovery [D] an observation
17. According to the author,keeping a journal is good for _____. [A] observation and expression [B] certainly and discipline [C] experience and adventure [D] consideration and development
18. By keeping a journal,one can _____. [A] develop the usefulness of language [B] develop his memory [C] charify the consideration to everyone [D] have a thorough understanding of his experience
19. According to the writer,which of the following statements is NOT correct? [A] The journalist can express what has happened. [B] A journal can serve as a record of the past happening. [C] The journalist must be able to observe closely. [D] Writing helps develop the consideration of others.
20. The passage is mainly about _____. [A] how to write a journal [B] the expressions of a journal [C] the values of keeping a journal [D] how to solve the problems in a journal