【正确答案】：
BETWEEN THE AGES OF ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND TWENTY-FOUR, I TRIED TO ABANDON THIS IDEA, BUT I DID SO WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT I WAS OUTRAGING MY TRUE NATURE AND THAT SOONER OR LATER I SHOULD HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN AND WRITE BOOKS.
【题目解析】：考点：abandon：抛弃，放弃。 consciousness：意识；观念；看法。outraging：outrage的现在分词形式，激怒，违背。sooner or later：迟早；早晚有一天。settle down：定居，安定下来。汉语句子的主干为：我摈弃念头，但我清楚……我知道……。“这违背了我的本性”和“自己迟早都要安定下来写作”都是“我清楚”的事情，所以可以用that引导两个并列的定语从句修饰consciousness。