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

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】

試題分析：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者通過第一次投稿的經(jīng)歷給了我們很多啟示：千萬不要懷疑自己，否則你將會因此而錯失很多。

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10. the rejection letter,可知作者的手稿被退回來了，所以選B。

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20. writing.可知我們懷疑自己是負(fù)擔(dān)不起的，所以選C。

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