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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 _________ 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. 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. hardship    B. Failure      C. comment       D. pressure

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

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

11.A. compare     B. Struggle     C. survive       D. compete

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

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

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

15.A. subjective  B. detailed    C. private       D. complex

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

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

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