题目内容
Some years ago when I was in my first year in col?lege,I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The mo?ment was exciting. Salome's 32 filled the room and brought the theatre to life. I was so 33 that I decided to write an article about her.
I 34 Salome Bey,telling her I was from Essence magazine,and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 35 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind. I 36 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 37 ,taking notes and asking questions that all began with " Can you tell me ... ”. 1 soon realized that 38 Salome Bey was one thing,but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The39 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 40 draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large enve?lope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn't take long. My manuscript 41 . How stupid of me!I thought. How could 42 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't 43 the rejec?tion letter,I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later,I was moving to California. While 44 my apartment,I came across the unopened enve?lope. This time I opened it and read the editor's letter in 45
Ms Profit,Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet xve need some 46 materials. Please add those and return the arti?tie immediately,We voould like to 47 your story soon.
Shocked,it took me a long time to48 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 49 writing. Today,I have become a fulltime writer. Looking back on this 50 ,I learned a very important lesson; you can't 51 to doubt yourself.
32. A. joy B. voice C. speech D. smile
33. A. proud B. active C. satisfied D. moved
34. A. visited B. emailed
C. phoned D. interviewed
35. A. agreed B. refused C. hesitated D. paused
36. A. replied B. discovered C. explained D. knew
37. A. seriously B. patiently C. nervously D. quietly
38. A. blaming B. fooling C. inviting D. urging
39. A. hardship B. failure C. comment D. pressure
40. A. with B. by C. on D. in
41. A. disappeared B. returned C. spread D. improved
42. A. compare B. struggle C. survive D. compete
43. A. ignore B. deliver C. face D. receive
44. A. decorating B. repairing C. cleaning D. leaving
45. A. disbelief B. anxiety C. horror D. trouble
46. A. subjective B. relevant C. private D. reliable
47. A. broadcast B. create C. publish D. assess
48. A. recover B. prepare
C. escape D. concentrate
49. A. energetic B. endless C. typical D. enjoyable
50. A. experience B. success C. benefit D. accident
51. A. attempt B. afford C. expect D. pretend
32. B因为是在听演唱会，应是歌手的"声音"充满房间，故B 项符合语境。
33. D "我"认为歌手唱得很好，非常"感动"，因此决定为这位歌手写篇文章。
34. C在采访之前，先电话联系，这是一般的常识或惯例。同时，这与下文"hang up (挂断电话) "相对应。
35. A根据下文可知Salome Bey告诉作者下周二到她的工作室见她，故此处是"同意"接受采访。
36. D作者"知道"自己实际上在撒谎。
37. C因为自己并非真正的杂志记者，因此"采访"歌手时，难免会"紧张"。
38. B对作者来说，欺骗这个歌手，做做样子，可能并不难，但给这个全国性的杂志写文章几乎是不可能的！
39. D上文的"紧张"、下文的"挣扎(struggle) "等说明作者感到了巨大的"压力"。
40. A struggle with...因为……而挣扎。这里说明作者为了自圆其说，反复修改文稿的痛苦经历。
41. B与上文"邮寄到杂志社"相对应，这里指"返回(也可能是退回) "。
42. D与上文说自己愚蠢相对应，这里说自己怎么可能"竞争"得过那么多专业的作者呢？
43. C作者感觉自己无法"面对"退稿信，因此干脆没有打开信封，直接把它扔到了抽屉里。
44. C作者在"打扫"公寓房间的时候，无意中发规了这封未打开的信。
45. A下文书信的内容完全出乎作者的预料，因此这里用dis?belief (难以置信) ，与下文shocked相呼应。
46. B这里指补充"相关"材料后，作者的文章便可使用，与信中的fantastic一词一致0
47. C补充相关材料后，返回杂志社，文章便可很快"出版"。
48. A作者非常吃惊，过了好一阵儿，才回过神来，因此用recover。
49. D因为自己的胆怯，作者已失去了几年原本"愉快的"写作。
50. A 回顾这一"经历"。
51. B你承担不起怀疑自己的代价。
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