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.
小題1:
A．joyB．voiceC．speechD．smile
小題2:
A．proudB．a(chǎn)ctiveC．satisfiedD．moved
小題3:
A．visitedB．emailedC．phonedD．interviewed
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)greedB．refusedC．hesitatedD．paused
小題5:
A．repliedB．discoveredC．explainedD．knew
小題6:
A．seriouslyB．patientlyC．nervouslyD．quietly
小題7:
A．blamingB．foolingC．invitingD．urging
小題8:
A．hardshipB．failureC．commentD．pressure
小題9:
A．withB．byC．onD．in
小題10:
A．disappearedB．returnedC．spreadD．improved
小題11:
A．compareB．struggleC．surviveD．compete
小題12:
A．ignoreB．deliverC．faceD．receive
小題13:
A．decoratingB．repairingC．cleaningD．leaving
小題14:
A．disbeliefB．a(chǎn)nxietyC．horrorD．trouble
小題15:
A．subjectiveB．relevantC．privateD．reliable
小題16:
A．broadcastB．createC．publishD．a(chǎn)ssess
小題17:
A．recoverB．prepareC．escapeD．concentrate
小題18:
A．energeticB．endlessC．typicalD．enjoyable
小題19:
A．experienceB．successC．benefitD．a(chǎn)ccident
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)ttemptB．a(chǎn)ffordC．expectD．pretend

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:C
小題14:A
小題15:B
小題16:C
小題17:A
小題18:D
小題19:A
小題20:B

小題1:考查名詞。 與前面的sing相呼應。
小題2:考查形容詞。Salome優(yōu)美的歌聲是劇院活躍起來。我深受感動，決心寫篇關于她的文章。
小題3:考查動詞。結合下文的When I hung up（掛斷電話）,可知此處作者是給Salome打電話。
小題4:考查動詞。 她同意了。
小題5:考查動詞。 我知道自己在說謊。自己了解自己。
小題6:考查副詞。 自己向?qū)Ψ饺隽酥e，面對對方時，自是感到緊張nervously。
小題7:考查動詞。 自己向Salome說謊，也就是欺騙（fool）Salome。
小題8:考查名詞。 作者根本就沒寫過文章，所以要寫篇關于她的文章的壓力pressure很大，幾乎是難以忍受的。
小題9:考查介詞。struggle with sth：與...做斗爭，拼搏，奮斗。
小題10:考查動詞。沒過多久， 我的手稿就返回來了。
小題11:考查動詞。我如何能在一個滿是職業(yè)作家的世界里競爭呢？
小題12:考查動詞。結合下文的Fear of rejection cost me可知作者害怕被拒絕，而不敢面對，不敢拆開信。
小題13:考查動詞。 搬家前，打掃房間。
小題14:考查名詞。in disbelief懷疑地，不相信地。結合信的內(nèi)容可知，當初作者的稿子被采用了，而這是作者沒想到的。
小題15:考查形容詞。 我們需要與文章相關（relevant）的資料。
小題16:考查動詞。雜志社贊賞作者的文章，自然想不久后就能出版（publish）。
小題17:考查動詞 花了很長時間，我才從震驚（shocked）中恢復（recover）過來。
小題18:考查形容詞。當初是作者第一次寫文章，如果當時作者打開信封的話，他就成功了，就會贏得至少500美元，那就是次快樂的enjoyable寫作。
小題19:考查名詞�；仡欉@次經(jīng)歷。
小題20:考查動詞。can't afford to do sth 負擔不起做某事。
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Twenty years ago I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I­­­­­­­­­­­­   21  -，I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor    22 
I walked to the door and knocked “Just a minute” answered a weak elderly      23
After a long pause the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood    24    me by her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car and then  25to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked   26 toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing” I told her. “I just try to   27  my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address and then asked“Could you drive   28 downtown”
“It’s not the shortest way” I answered quickly.
“Oh I’m   29 ” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice臨終醫(yī)院. I don’t have any   30  left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and   31  the meter計價器.
For the next two hours we drove through the city. She   32  me the building where she had once worked the neighborhood where she had lived and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone  33  as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a   34 building and would sit staring into the darkness saying nothing.
At  35  she suddenly said” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the   36 she had given me. “How much do I   37 you” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living” she answered. “Oh there are other   38 ” I answered. Almost without thinking I   39  and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
I walked into the  40 morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.
小題1:
A．waitedB．stoppedC．a(chǎn)rrivedD．wandered
小題2:
A．windowB．houseC．doorD．glass
小題3:
A．soundB．whisperC．signD．voice
小題4:
A．beneathB．beforeC．behindD．over
小題5:
A．walkedB．leftC．returnedD．stepped
小題6:
A．calmlyB．hurriedlyC．quietlyD．slowly
小題7:
A．receiveB．collectC．treatD．drive
小題8:
A．throughB．fromC．toD．towards
小題9:
A．out of workB．in no hurryC．on no purposeD．out of danger
小題10:
A．hopeB．moneyC．timeD．family
小題11:
A．turned onB．shut offC．switched overD．covered up
小題12:
A．showedB．pointedC．indicatedD．forgot
小題13:
A．workingB．growingC．playingD．dancing
小題14:
A．memorialB．significantC．particularD．similar
小題15:
A．dawnB．sunsetC．noonD．night
小題16:
A．houseB．a(chǎn)ddressC．directionD．destination
小題17:
A．payB．oweC．promiseD．save
小題18:
A．carsB．buildingsC．passengersD．chances
小題19:
A．noddedB．landedC．swungD．bent
小題20:
A．dimB．colorfulC．brightD．black

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