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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 ________1.________filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ________2.________ that I decided to write an article about her.

I ________3.________ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ________4.________ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ________5.________ 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 ________6.________, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ________7.________ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ________8.________ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ________9.________ 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 ________10.________. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ________11.________ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ________12.________ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While ________13.________ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ________14.________:

Ms. Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please ________15.________ those and return the article immediately. We would like to ________16.________ your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to ________17.________. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. 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 ________18.________ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. ________19.________ this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t ________20.________ to doubt yourself.

21.               A.voice          B.joy            C.smile D.speech

22.               A.proud          B.moved         C.satisfied   D.active

23.               A.visited         B.emailed        C.interviewed    D.phoned

24.               A.refused        B.agreed         C.hesitated  D.paused

25.               A.explained       B.discovered      C.knew D.replied

26.               A.seriously       B.nervously       C.patiently   D.quietly

27.               A.fooling         B.blaming        C.inviting    D.urging

28.               A.hardship        B.failure         C.comment  D.pressure

29.               A.on            B.by             C.with  D.in

30.               A.disappeared     B.improved       C.spread    D.returned

31.               A.compare       B.survive         C.compete  D.struggle

32.               A.face           B.deliver         C.ignore D.receive

33.               A.decorating      B.repairing       C.leaving    D.cleaning

34.               A.anxiety         B.disbelief        C.horror    D.trouble

35.               A.increase        B.replace         C.add  D.mix

36.               A.broadcast       B.create         C.assess D.publish

37.               A.concentrate     B.prepare        C.escape    D.recover

38.               A.energetic       B.enjoyable       C.typical D.endless

39.               A.Holding on to    B.Dating back to    C.Looking back on D.Dropping in on

40.               A.afford          B.attempt        C.expect    D.pretend

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