(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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