Question

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   21  filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   22   that I decided to write an article about her.

I   23   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She   24   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   25   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   26  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   27   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   28   was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   29   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   30  . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   31   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   32   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   33   my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   34   :

Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   35   materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   36   your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   37  . Fear of rejection cost me ly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   38   writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   39  , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   40   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

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】

1.考查名词。 与前面的sing相呼应。

2.考查形容词。Salome优美的歌声是剧院活跃起来。我深受感动，决心写篇关于她的文章。

3.考查动词。结合下文的When I hung up（挂断电话）,可知此处作者是给Salome打电话。

4.考查动词。 她同意了。

5.考查动词。 我知道自己在说谎。自己了解自己。

6.考查副词。 自己向对方撒了谎，面对对方时，自是感到紧张nervously。

7.考查动词。 自己向Salome说谎，也就是欺骗（fool）Salome。

8.考查名词。 作者根本就没写过文章，所以要写篇关于她的文章的压力pressure很大，几乎是难以忍受的。

9.考查介词。struggle with sth：与...做斗争，拼搏，奋斗。

10.考查动词。没过多久， 我的手稿就返回来了。

11.考查动词。我如何能在一个满是职业作家的世界里竞争呢？

12.考查动词。结合下文的Fear of rejection cost me可知作者害怕被拒绝，而不敢面对，不敢拆开信。

13.考查动词。 搬家前，打扫房间。   

14.考查名词。in disbelief怀疑地，不相信地。结合信的内容可知，当初作者的稿子被采用了，而这是作者没想到的。

15.考查形容词。 我们需要与文章相关（relevant）的资料。

16.考查动词。杂志社赞赏作者的文章，自然想不久后就能出版（publish）。

17.考查动词 花了很长时间，我才从震惊（shocked）中恢复（recover）过来。

18.考查形容词。当初是作者第一次写文章，如果当时作者打开信封的话，他就成功了，就会赢得至少500美元，那就是次快乐的enjoyable写作。

19.考查名词。回顾这次经历。

20.考查动词。can't afford to do sth 负担不起做某事。