A friend of mine likes drawing the horses．He draws the horse very well, but he always begins at the tail．Now it is the western rule to begin at the head of the horse．That is why I am surprised. It strikes(給某人以…印象)me that it cannot really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子)or the foot of the horse，if he really knows his business．And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rules．They make their own rules．Every one of them does his work in a special way．This means that he finds it easier to work in that way．

    Now the very same thing is true to literature(文學)．And the question” How shall I begin?” only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is you are not yet experienced enough to trust your own power．When you become more experienced you will never ask the question，and I think that you will often begin at the tail that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning．

1．A friend of the writer’s draws the horse      ．

A．badly

B．in the way of the western rule

C．in the way of his own rule

D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

2．The writer is surprised because        ．

A．the artist begins to draw at the head of the horse

B．the artist begins to draw at the tail of the horse

C．the artist follows other people’s rules

D．the artist doesn't follow other people’s rules

3．You are not yet experienced because

A．you don’t know where to begin

B．you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C．you always ask questions

D．you don’t trust your own power

4．When you become more experienced you will     

A．a(chǎn)sk many questions

B．often beginning at tail

C．write the beginning of the story

D．a(chǎn)sk others to help

5．Which is the best title for the passage?

A．How to draw a horse

B．How to write a story

C．How to make your own rules

D．Trust your own power．