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   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  41  filled the room and brought the theater to life．I was so  4 2   that I decided to write an article about her． I   43   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career．She  44   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday． When I  45  , I was scared out of my mind．I   46   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 47  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that  48   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible．The   49   was almost unbearable．I struggled for days   50   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   51  ．How stupid of me! I thought．How could I   52   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   53   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer．Five years later, I was moving to California．While cleaning  my apartment, I 54 the unopened envelope．This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   55  Dear Ms Profit, Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic．Yet we need some   56   materials．Please add those and return the article immediately．We would like to   57   your story soon．   Shocked, it took me a long time to   58  ．Fear of rejection cost me dearly．I lost at least five hundred dollars and a chance of having my article appear in a major magazine．More importantly, I lost years of enjoyable writing．Today, I have become a full – time writer． 59   my experience, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   60  to doubt yourself． 41．A．joy             B．speech               C．voice                 D．smile 42．A．moved               B．active                C．satisfied                                    D．proud  43．A．visited              B．emailed              C．interviewed        D．phoned 44．A．refused             B．agreed               C．hesitated           D．paused 45．A．hung up             B．showed up          C．turned up          D．put up 46．A．replied              B．discovered                                        C．knew                D．explained 47．A．nervously         B．patiently                                           C．seriously           D．quietly 48．A．blaming            B．inviting            C．fooling              D．urging 49．A．hardship           B．pressure            C．comment             D．failure   50．A．by                      B．with                   C．on                                             D．in 51．A．returned            B．disappeared        C．spread                 D．improved 52．A．compare           B．struggle                                            C．compete             D．survive 53．A．face                  B．deliver              C．ignore                                       D．receive 54．A．took out           B．picked up          C．found out           D．came across 55．A．horror              B．anxiety              C．disbelief            D．trouble 56．A．subjective        B．private              C．relevant           D．reliable 57．A．broadcast          B．create                  C．assess                                     D．publish  58．A．recover             B．prepare              C．escape                                       D．concentrate 59．A．Looking up to                                                                  B．Looking down upon      C．Looking back on                               D．Looking into 60．A．afford               B． attempt                C．expect                                     D．pretend 答案：CADBA     CACBB     ACADC     CDACA

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