题目内容：

(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.

1.A．joy　B．voice 

C．speech  　D．smile

2.A.moved  　B．active

C．satisfied　D．proud

3.A.visited  　B．emailed 

C．interviewed   　D．phoned

4.A.agreed   　B．refused 

C．hesitated 　D．paused

5.A.replied 　B．discovered 

C．explained 　D．knew

6.A.seriously  　B．nervously

C．patiently 　D．quietly

7.A.blaming  　B．fooling 

C．inviting 　D．urging

8. A．hardship  　B．failure

C．comment    　D．pressure

9.A.on  　B．by  

C．with  　D．in

10.A.returned 　B．disappeared

C．spread  　D．improved

11.A.compare  　B．compete

C．survive 　D．struggle

12.A.ignore　B．deliver 

C．face  　D．receive

13.A.cleaning 　B．repairing

C．decorating 　D．leaving

14.A.saw 　B．read 

C．found  　D．noticed

15.A.memorial  　B．relevant

C．private 　D．reliable

16.A.broadcast   　　    B．create  

C．publish  　D．assess

17.A.prepare  　B．recover 

C．escape   　D．concentrate

18.A.energetic   　B．enjoyable

C．typical　D．endless

19.A.experience   　B．success 

C．benefit　　           D．accident

20.A.attempt 　B．pretend 

C．expect  　　        D．afford