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 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 the chance of 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. joyB. voice C. speech D. smile
2.A. proudB. activeC. satisfiedD. moved
3.A. visited B. emailedC. phonedD. interviewed
4.A. agreedB. refusedC. hesitatedD. paused
5.A. repliedB. discoveredC. explainedD. knew
6.A. seriouslyB. patientlyC. nervouslyD. quietly
7.A. blamingB. foolingC. invitingD. urging
8.A. hardshipB. failureC. commentD. pressure
9.A. withB. byC. onD. in
10.A. Disappeared B. returnedC. spreadD. improved
11.A. Compare B. struggleC. surviveD. Compet2e
12.A. ignore B. deliverC. faceD. receive
13.A. Decorating B. repairingC. cleaningD. leaving
14.A. surprise B. anxietyC. horrorD. trouble
15.A. Subjective B. detailedC. privateD. complex
16.A. broadcast B. createC. publishD. Asses7s
17.A. recover B. prepareC. escapeD. Concen9trate
18.A. Energetic B. endlessC. typicalD. enjoyable
19.A. Experience B. successC. benefitD. accident
20.A. attempt B. affordC. expectD. Pretend
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】
试题分析：本文讲述了作者在大一时非常喜欢Salome Bey的歌，就假装自己是记者采访她，想要为她写篇文章。因害怕被杂志社退稿，因此在收到寄回的手稿后没有拆封看信。五年后准备搬家时清理物品，看到那封信，拆开之后才知道那是杂志社的编辑让他写出详细细节材料后在寄回准备给他发表的内容，这让他很后悔。这段经历让他明白人不应轻易怀疑自己，那会造成无法挽回的损失。
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9.struggle with与...作斗争。故选A。
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11.我怎么能在一个职业作家的世界竞争，可知D相符合语境。compete in 在某方面竞争。故选D。
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