SomeyearsagowhenIwasinmyfirstyearincollege,Iheard...

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       Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time．The moment was exciting．Salome’s   1  filled the room and brought the theater to life．I was so   2   that I decided to write an article about her．

       I   3  Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career．She   4   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday．When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind．I  5   I was lying．I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list．

       I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday．I sat there   6 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that  7   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible．The   8   was almost unbearable．I struggled for days   9   draft after draft．Finally I put my manuscript （手稿） into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox．

       It didn’t take long．My manuscript   10  ．How stupid of me! I thought．How could I   11   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   12   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer．Five years later, I was moving to California．While  13  my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope．This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   14 

       Dear Ms Profit,

       Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic．Yet we need some   15   materials．Please add those and return the article immediately．We would like to   16   your story soon．

       Shocked, it took me a long time to   17  ．Fear of rejection cost me dearly．I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine．More importantly, I lost years of   18  writing．Today, I have become a full – time writer．Looking back on this  19 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   20  to doubt yourself．

1．A．joy                       B．voice                   C．speech                                        D．smile

2．A．proud                   B．active          C．satisfied                                      D．moved

3．A．visited                  B．emailed                C．phoned                                       D．interviewed

4．A．agreed                  B．refused                C．hesitated              D．paused

5．A．replied                  B．discovered                                          C．explained             D．knew

6．A．seriously              B．patiently                                             C．nervously                  D．quietly

7．A．blaming                B．fooling                                               C．inviting                D．urging

8．A．hardship               B．failure                                                C．comment                   D．pressure

9．A．with                     B．by                                                     C．on                             D．in

10．A．disappeared         B．returned              C．spread                                        D．improved

11．A．compare             B．struggle                                              C．survive                      D．compete

12．A．ignore                B．deliver                C．face                                            D．receive

13．A．decorating          B．repairing              C．cleaning                                     D．leaving

14．A．disbelief              B．anxiety               C．horror                                         D．trouble

15．A．subjective           B．relevant              C．private                                        D．reliable

16．A．broadcast           B．create                                                C．publish                      D．assess

17．A．recover              B．prepare                                              C．escape                       D．concentrate

18．A．energetic            B．endless                                               C．typical                 D．enjoyable

19．A．experience          B．success                                              C．benefit                D．accident

20．A．attempt             B．afford                        C．expect                      D．pretend

【回答】

1—5 BDCAD        6—10 CBDAB       11—15 DCCAB    16—20 CADAB

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