newspapers, enlarge it to whatever size you wish and draw inside this grid. Now take the best 20 of your ideas and make them into finished pieces. To do this, you would want to copy them in ink because if you were a professional cartoonist, that was what you should do. Now you can reduce the size of the finished cartoons to fit onto a regular comic's page. By comparing yours with the others already in print, it gives you a good idea of clarity to your cartoon.

　　The next step is to write letters to presidents of the publication. In the letters, explain who you think would read your work, or in other words, what group do you think you would target. After you complete these, send all of your information enclosed with letters in the appropriate envelope.

　　Now as soon as you send out these letters, start to create a brand new strip with all new characters. Don't get married to one idea because if your idea gets turned down then you will give up. And always remember. If you receive a rejection from any of them, keep in mind that you are working on something better. You will be working on something new and more exciting and the rejection letter will not have any impact. With this in mind...

21. What is the advice from the writer in the first paragraph when you want to succeed in your life?

　A. Stop doing anything until you find something quite suitable for your future career.

　B. Put aside a certain amount of time every day to consider how to make a living.

　C. Make a living by something that you truly like to do as your profession and work hard at it.

　D. Perfect your talent only by drawing some cartoons.

22. The purpose of writing a letter to the president was to ____.

　　A. get some money to support the later career

　　B. enclose the information on how to become cartoonists with the letter

　　C. focus his attention on the work

　　D. explain who would be the readers of the work

23. The underlined phrase "get married to one idea" in the last paragraph probably refers to ______.

　　A. having a strong desire to get married

　　B. fixing all attention on one idea

　　C. marrying someone is a good idea

　　D. refusing one idea to get married

　　 Most people can't live to 100. Those who do live so long can hardly walk, let alone take part in any activities. A few people, however, take part in dangerous activities even though they are more than 100 years old﹣ They keep going and going! There is a great grandmother who likes challenging herself although she is 101 years old this year.

　　Mary Hardison believes that people should always be cheerful and more importantly, take on all kinds of adventures while they physically still can. So, instead of celebrating her 101st birthday with a boring party, she decided to go paragliding（滑翔跳伞）﹣ an idea she got from her 75﹣year﹣old son who recently took it up as a hobby．

So on her birthday, cheered on by her big family, she tied herself up together with