第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 36 filled the room and brought the theater to life．1 was so 37 that I decided to write all article about her．
I 38 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine，and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career．She 39 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday．When I hung up，1 was scared out of my mind．I 40 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 41, taking notes and asking questions that all began with，“Can you tell me…”I soon realized that 42 Salome Bey was one thing，but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible．The 43 was almost unbearable．I struggled for days 44 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 45．How stupid of me! I thought．How could I 46 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 47 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer．
Five years later．I was moving to California．While 48 my apartment I came across the unopened envelope．This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 49 :
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic．Yet we need some 50 materials．Please add those and return the article immediately．We would like to 51 your story soon．
Shocked，it took me a long time to 52．Fear of rejection cost me dearly．I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in major magazine．More importantly, I lost years of 53 writing．Today, I have become a full-time writer．Looking back on this 54, I learned a very important lesson：You can’t 55 to doubt yourself．
36．A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
37．A．proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved
38．A．visited B．mailed C．phoned D．interviewed
39．A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused
40．A．replied B．discovered C．explained D．knew
41．A．seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly
42．A．hardship B．fooling C．inviting D．pressure
43．A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure
44．A．with B．by C．on D．in
45．A．disappeared B．returned C．spread D．improved
46．A．compare B．struggle C．survive D．compete
47．A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
48．A．decorating B．repairing C．cleaning D．1eaving
49．A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．trouble
50．A．subjective B．relevant C．private D．reliable
51．A．broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess
52．A．recover B．prepare C．escape D．concentrate
53．A．energetic B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable
54．A．experience B．success C．benefit D．accident
55．A．attempt B．afford C．expect D．pretend
．I haven't my photograph album _____, but I'll show it to you later．
A．at hand B．at work C．at ease D．at length
．My headache _____ me．I thought it was going away, but it's getting worse and worse．
A．killed B．kills C．is killing D．was killing
．What I need is ___ __ book that contains _____ ABC of English grammar．
A．a; the B．the; 不填 C．the; an D．a; 不填
—Did he come back late last night?
—No．It was not yet eight o'clock _____ he arrived home．
A．before B．that C．until D．when
Students are now preparing for the college entrance exam．and I hope their efforts will _____．
A．come on B．go up C．stand out D．pay off
