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 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. I struggled for days with draft after draft. 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 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 full – time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.

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

2.A.Proud B.active C.satisfied D.moved

3.A.Visited B.emailed C.phoned D.interviewed

4.A.Agreed B.refused C.hesitated D.paused

5.A.Replied B.Discovered C.explained D.knew

6.A.Seriously B.patiently C.nervously D.quietly

7.A.Blaming B.fooling C.inviting D.urging

8.A.Pressure B.failure C.comment D.hardship

9.A.Finally B.Luckily C.Publicly D.Gradually

10.A.Disappeared B.Returned C.spread D.improved

11.A.Compare B.Struggle C.promote D.compete

12.A.Ignore B.deliver C.face D.receive

13.A.Decorating B.repairing C.cleaning D.leaving

14.A.Disbelief B.anxiety C.horror D.trouble

15.A.Secure B.related C.private D.reliable

16.A.Broadcast B.create C.publish D.assess

17.A.Recover B.prepare C.escape D.forget

18.A.Energetic B.endless C.typical D.enjoyable

19.A.Experience B.success C.benefit D.accident

20.A.attempt B.afford C.expect D.Pretend

Students who date(约会) in middle school have significantly worse study skills. They are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol and tobacco use as their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

“Romantic relationships are a trademark of adolescence, but very few studies have examined how adolescents differ in the development of these relationships,” said Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health and head of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior.

Orpinas followed a group of 624 students over a seven-year period from 6th to 12th grade.

Each year, the group of students completed a survey indicating whether they had dated and reported the frequency of different behaviors, including the use of drugs and alcohol. Their teachers completed questionnaires about the students’ academic(学术的) efforts. He found that some students never or hardly ever reported dating from middle to high school, and these students always had the best study skills according to their teachers. Other students dated infrequently in middle school but increased the frequency of dating in high school.

“At all points in time, teachers considered the students who reported the lowest frequency of dating as having the best study skills and the students with the highest dating as having the worst study skills,” according to the journal article. Study skills refer to behaviors that lead to academic success such as doing work for extra credit (学分), being well organized, finishing homework, working hard and reading assigned chapters.

“Dating a classmate may be as complicated as dating a co-worker,” Orpinas said, “when the couple break up, they have to continue to see each other in class and perhaps see the ex-partner dating someone else. It is reasonable to think this could be linked to depression and could divert (转移) attention from studying.”

“Dating should not be considered a ceremony of growth in middle school,” Orpinas concluded.

1.According to the passage, students who date in middle school may_____

A. have poorer academic performances

B. be more likely to hurt others

C. enjoy better school lives

D. be less likely to use alcohol and tobacco

2.When doing his study, Orpinas ________________.

A. followed a group of students of 6th and 12th grade

B. completed a survey and a report each year

C. found that the students’ study skills have connection with their frequency of dating

D. completed questionnaires about the students’ academic efforts

3.What can possibly happen to the school couples after they break up?

A. They don’t want to see each other any longer.

B. They will think it’s reasonable to get depressed.

C. They will miss their ex-partners sometimes.

D. Their attention to studying will be affected.

4.Orpinas’ attitude towards dating in middle school is_____

A. supportive B. negative

C. positive D. Unconcerned

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