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. joyB. voice C. speech D. smile
2.A. proudB. activeC. satisfiedD. moved
3.A. visited B. emailedC. phonedD. interviewed
4.A. agreedB. refusedC. hesitatedD. paused
5.A. repliedB. discoveredC. explainedD. knew
6.A. seriouslyB. patientlyC. nervouslyD. quietly
7.A. blamingB. foolingC. invitingD. urging
8.A. hardshipB. failureC. commentD. pressure
9.A. withB. byC. onD. in
10.A. Disappeared B. returnedC. spreadD. improved
11.A. Compare B. struggleC. surviveD. Compet2e
12.A. ignore B. deliverC. faceD. receive
13.A. Decorating B. repairingC. cleaningD. leaving
14.A. surprise B. anxietyC. horrorD. trouble
15.A. Subjective B. detailedC. privateD. complex
16.A. broadcast B. createC. publishD. Asses7s
17.A. recover B. prepareC. escapeD. Concen9trate
18.A. Energetic B. endlessC. typicalD. enjoyable
19.A. Experience B. successC. benefitD. accident
20.A. attempt B. affordC. expectD. Pretend
—I need to get changed. —________! We’ll be late for the party.
A. Oh, come on B. Go ahead C. Take it easy D. It’s a pity
It’s not what we do once in a while ________ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
A. which B. that C. how D. when
—He got his first book published. It turned out to be a bestseller.
—When was ________?
— ________ was in 2000 when he was still in college.
A. that; This B. this; It C. it; This D. that; It
—They are quiet, aren’t they?
—Yes. They are accustomed ________ at meals.
A. to talk B. to not talk C. to talking D. to not talking
After the earthquake, ________ food and medicine was sent there.
A. a good many B. scores of C. a good deal of D. a large number of
