Question

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

Answer 1

32. B因為是在聽演唱會，應是歌手的"聲音"充滿房間，故B 項符合語境。

33. D "我"認為歌手唱得很好，非常"感動"，因此決定為這位歌手寫篇文章。

34. C在采訪之前，先電話聯系，這是一般的常識或慣例。同時，這與下文"hang up (掛斷電話) "相對應。

35. A根據下文可知Salome Bey告訴作者下周二到她的工作室見她，故此處是"同意"接受采訪。

36. D作者"知道"自己實際上在撒謊。

37. C因為自己并非真正的雜志記者，因此"采訪"歌手時，難免會"緊張"。

38. B對作者來說，欺騙這個歌手，做做樣子，可能并不難，但給這個全國性的雜志寫文章幾乎是不可能的！

39. D上文的"緊張"、下文的"掙扎(struggle) "等說明作者感到了巨大的"壓力"。

40. A struggle with...因為……而掙扎。這里說明作者為了自圓其說，反復修改文稿的痛苦經歷。

41. B與上文"郵寄到雜志社"相對應，這里指"返回(也可能是退回) "。

42. D與上文說自己愚蠢相對應，這里說自己怎么可能"競爭"得過那么多專業的作者呢？

43. C作者感覺自己無法"面對"退稿信，因此干脆沒有打開信封，直接把它扔到了抽屜里。

44. C作者在"打掃"公寓房間的時候，無意中發規了這封未打開的信。

45. A下文書信的內容完全出乎作者的預料，因此這里用dis?belief (難以置信) ，與下文shocked相呼應。

46. B這里指補充"相關"材料后，作者的文章便可使用，與信中的fantastic一詞一致₀

47. C補充相關材料后，返回雜志社，文章便可很快"出版"。

48. A作者非常吃驚，過了好一陣兒，才回過神來，因此用recover。

49. D因為自己的膽怯，作者已失去了幾年原本"愉快的"寫作。

50. A 回顧這一"經歷"。

51. B你承擔不起懷疑自己的代價。