(2014·蚌埠市高三第三次教学质量检查考试)
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 fulltime writer.Looking back on this____，I learned a very important lesson：You can’t____to doubt yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．joy | B．voice | | C．speech | D．smile |
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| 小题2: | | A．moved | B．active | | C．satisfied | D．proud |
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| 小题3: | | A．visited | B．emailed | | C．interviewed | D．phoned |
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| 小题4: | | A．agreed | B．refused | | C．hesitated | D．paused |
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| 小题5: | | A．replied | B．discovered | | C．explained | D．knew |
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| 小题6: | | A．seriously | B．nervously | | C．patiently | D．quietly |
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| 小题7: | | A．blaming | B．fooling | | C．inviting | D．urging |
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| 小题8: | | A．hardship | B．failure | | C．comment | D．pressure |
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| 小题10: | | A．returned | B．disappeared | | C．spread | D．improved |
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| 小题11: | | A．compare | B．compete | | C．survive | D．struggle |
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| 小题12: | | A．ignore | B．deliver | | C．face | D．receive |
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| 小题13: | | A．cleaning | B．repairing | | C．decorating | D．leaving |
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| 小题14: | | A．saw | B．read | | C．found | D．noticed |
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| 小题15: | | A．memorial | B．relevant | | C．private | D．reliable |
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| 小题16: | | A．broadcast | B．create | | C．publish | D．assess |
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| 小题17: | | A．prepare | B．recover | | C．escape | D．concentrate |
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| 小题18: | | A．energetic | B．enjoyable | | C．typical | D．endless |
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| 小题19: | | A．experience | B．success | | C．benefit | D．accident |
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| 小题20: | | A．attempt | B．pretend | | C．expect | D．afford |
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