Question

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

I     Salome Bey,telling her I was from Essence magazine,and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She     and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind. I     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      , taking notes and asking questions that all began with," Can you tell me..." I soon realized that     Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The     was almost unbearable (不可容忍的). I struggled for days    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     . How stupid of me ! I thought. How could I    in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn' t     the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

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

Dear Ms Profit,

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

Shocked,it took me a long time to     . 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    writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this  , I learned a very important lesson:You can't    to doubt yourself.

1.A. joyB.speechC.voiceD. smile

2.A. active B.movedC. satisfied   D. proud

3.A. visited B. emailedC. phonedD. interviewed

4.A. refusedB. agreedC. hesitated  D. paused

5.A. repliedB. discoveredC. knew D. explained

6.A. seriously  B.patiently C. nervouslyD. quietly

7.A. fooling  B. blamingC. inviting D. urging

8.A. hardship B. failureC.pressure D. comment

9.A. on   B.with    C. by    D. in

10.A.disappearedB.returnedC. spread  D. improved

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

12.A. ignore    B. deliverC. receiveD. face

13.A. repairing B.cleaning    C. decoratingD. leaving

14.A. readB.saw    C. found D. noticed

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

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

17.A. prepare  B.escape     C. recoverD. concentrate

18.A. enjoyableB. energeticC. typical  D. endless

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

20.A. attempt  B. pretendC. afford    D. expect

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过第一次投稿的经历给了我们很多启示：千万不要怀疑自己，否则你将会因此而错失很多。

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10. the rejection letter,可知作者的手稿被退回来了，所以选B。

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20. writing.可知我们怀疑自己是负担不起的，所以选C。

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