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 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. I struggled for days draft(草稿) 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 read the editor’s letter in _ .

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 greatly. 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. 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. live 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

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】

試題分析：本文主要講了作者作者接到雜志社返回的稿子后，由于害怕被拒絕而不敢打開。五年后要搬家的時(shí)候才打開，他很意外的發(fā)現(xiàn)原來(lái)雜志社是準(zhǔn)備發(fā)表他的文章的。作者感嘆，懷疑自己使自己失去了很多好的機(jī)會(huì)。我們要相信自己。

1.A. joy歡樂(lè)；B. voice聲音；C. speech演講；D. smile笑容。上文提到作者第一次聽到Salome Bey唱歌。故此處應(yīng)為Salome Bey的聲音充滿了整個(gè)教室。故選B。

2.A. proud驕傲的；B. active活躍；C. satisfied滿意的；D. moved感動(dòng)的。句意：作者被她的聲音所感動(dòng)，所以決定寫一篇關(guān)于她的文章。故選D。

3.When I hung up.可知作者時(shí)打電話給Salome Bey的。故選C。

4.A. agreed同意；B. refused拒絕；C. hesitated猶豫；D. paused停頓。根據(jù)本句句意：Salome Bey告訴作者下周二去她的工作室可知她同意了作者的要求。故選A。

5.A. replied回答；B. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)；C. explained解釋；D. knew知道。根據(jù)句意可知作者根本不是一個(gè)作家，所以他知道自己在撒謊。故選D。

6.A. seriously嚴(yán)肅地；B. patiently耐心地；C. nervously緊張地； D. quietly安靜地。作者不是一個(gè)作家，所以他在采訪Salome Bey的時(shí)候，坐在那兒很緊張。故選C。

7.A. blaming責(zé)備；B. fooling愚弄；C. inviting邀請(qǐng)；D. urging敦促。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，作者認(rèn)識(shí)到愚弄Salome Bey是一回事，為一個(gè)雜志寫一篇文章是不可能的。故選B。

8.A. hardship困難；B. failure失�。籆. comment評(píng)論；D. pressure壓力。由語(yǔ)境可知，采訪的時(shí)候作者的壓力很大。故選D。

9. with sb./sth.與……作斗爭(zhēng)。此處意為作者努力修改稿子。故選A。

10.A. disappeared消失；B. returned回來(lái)，返回；C. spread蔓延； D. improved提升，提高。由下文可知，作者的稿子返回來(lái)了。故選B。

11.A. compare與……相比；B. struggle掙扎，斗爭(zhēng)；C. live生活；D. compete與……競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。句意：在一個(gè)滿是作家的世界里，我有什么能力去競(jìng)爭(zhēng)？故選D。

12.A. ignore忽視；B. deliver投遞，發(fā)表，接生；C. face面臨；D. receive收到。根據(jù)句意可知作者沒有勇氣打開信封，因?yàn)樗麤]有勇氣面對(duì)稿子被拒絕。故選C。

13.A. decorating裝飾，裝修；B. repairing修理；C. cleaning清潔，打掃；D. leaving離開。由句意可知，五年后作者要離開此地去加利福尼亞。所以此處為當(dāng)離開公寓的時(shí)候。故選D。

14.A. disbelief不信，懷疑；B. anxiety焦急，焦慮；C. horror恐怖，震驚；D. trouble麻煩。由下文可知信的內(nèi)容出乎作者的意料，所以作者讀這封信的時(shí)候是懷疑的心情。故選A。

15.A. subjective主觀的，個(gè)人的；B. relevant相關(guān)的；C. private私人的；D. reliable可信任的。根據(jù)句意可知，雜志社認(rèn)為作者的文章非常好，他們還需要相關(guān)的資料。故選B。

16.A. broadcast廣播；B. create創(chuàng)造；C. publish出版；D. assess評(píng)估。根據(jù)前文內(nèi)容可知，雜志社想盡快出版作者的文章。故選C。

17.A. recover恢復(fù)；B. prepare準(zhǔn)備；C. escape逃跑；D. concentrate集中。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，作者看到信的內(nèi)容很吃驚，花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。故選A。

18.A. energetic精力充沛的；B. endless無(wú)窮的，無(wú)盡的；C. typical典型的；D. enjoyable快樂(lè)的。由語(yǔ)境可知，由于害怕被拒絕，作者這些年都沒有快樂(lè)地寫作。此處用形容詞修飾writing。故選D。

19.A. experience經(jīng)驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷；B. success成功；C. benefit利益，好處；D. accident事故。此處為作者回顧這段經(jīng)歷。故選A。

20.attempt企圖，嘗試；B. afford負(fù)擔(dān)的起，足以；C. expect期待，預(yù)料；D. pretend假裝。本句意為：你付不起懷疑自己的代價(jià)。也就是說(shuō)，你不能懷疑自己。故選B。

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