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’sfilled 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.
试题分析：人生最重要的是什么？是自信。作者通过自己年轻时的一次经历告诉我们，无论什么事情，都要相信自己。 【小题1】B 考查名词词义辨析。A快乐；B嗓音；C演讲；D微笑；根据I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time可知我第一次听她唱歌。她的嗓音很美。故B正确。 【小题2】D 考查形容词词义辨析。A自豪；B积极；C满意；D感动；我被她的嗓音感动了，我决定为她写一篇文章。故D正确。 【小题3】C 考查动词词义辨析。A拜访，参观；B发邮件；C打电话；D采访；要想给别人写文章，所以要接触到对方，所以我打电话给她，希望能和她谈谈。故C正确。 【小题4】A 考查动词词义辨析。A同意；B拒绝；C犹豫；D暂停。根据下文told me to come to her studio next Tuesday可知同意接受我的采访了。所以A正确。 【小题5】D 考查动词词义辨析。A回复；B发现；C解释；D知道；当我挂断电话的时候，我知道我在说谎，因为我根本就是不是记者。故D正确。 【小题6】C 考查副词词义辨析。A严肃地，认真地；B耐心地；C紧张地；D安静地；第二个星期二我采访了她，我坐在那里很紧张，因为我改变就不是作家，但是我还是认真地记笔记和问问题。故C正确。 【小题7】B 考查动词词义辨析。A责备；B愚弄；C邀请；D催促；我很快就意识到愚弄她是一回事，但是要想在国家杂志上发表文章是不可能的事情。据上文可知我根本不是记者，所以我是在愚弄她。故B正确。 【小题8】A 考查名词词义辨析。A压力；B失败；C评论；D困难；这种压力是我难以承受的。因为我根本没有部分方便文章。故A正确。 【小题9】A 考查副词词义辨析。A最后，终于；B幸运地；C公开地；D逐渐地；我一稿一稿地仔细修改，最后我把手稿装进了一个大信封放进了邮箱。故A正确。 【小题10】B 考查动词词义辨析。A消失；B归还，返回；C传播；D提高，改善；时间不久，我的稿件就被退回了。稿件句意可知B正确。 【小题11】D 考查动词词义辨析。A比较；B努力；C提拔，促进；D竞争，比赛；我真是太笨了，我怎么能够和这么多专业的作家比赛呢？本句表示作者对自己的否定，认为自己肯定不行。故D正确。 【小题12】C 考查动词词义辨析。A忽视，不理睬；B投递，递送；C面对；D收到；知道我不能面对这样的拒绝的信，我把没有打开的信封扔进了抽屉。故C正确。 【小题13】C 考查动词词义辨析。A装修，装潢；B维修；C清理，清洁；D离开；五年以后，我要搬去加利福尼亚，当我清理的时候，我发现了这封没有打开的信。故C正确， 【小题14】A 考查名词词义辨析。A不相信；B焦虑；C恐惧；D麻烦；这一次我打开了信，很不相信地阅读编辑的信，仍然表示作者对自己很没有自信，故A正确。 【小题15】B 考查形容词辨析。A安全的；B相关的；D私人的，隐私的；D信赖的；你关于Salome Bey i的故事很棒，然而你需要一些相关的材料，加上以后立刻邮寄给我们，我们会很快发表你的文章。故B正确。 【小题16】C 考查动词词义辨析。A广播；B创造；C出版；D评估；我们会很快出版你的文章。本句表示编辑很认可我的文章。故C正确。 【小题17】A 考查动词词义辨析。A恢复；B准备；C逃离；D忘记；我感到很震惊，很长时间以后我才恢复过来。故A正确。 【小题18】D 考查形容词词义辨析。A精力充沛的；B没有尽头的；C典型的；D令人快乐的；我失去了多年的快乐的写作，都是因为我没有自信。 【小题19】A 考查名词词义辨析。A经历，经验；B成功；C益处，好处；D事故；回顾这次经历，我得到了一个很重要的教训：你无法承担起怀疑自己的后果。故A正确。 【小题20】B 考查动词词义辨析。A尝试；B承担得起；C期待，预料；D假装；回顾这次经历，我得到了一个很重要的教训：你无法承担起怀疑自己的后果。故B正确。 考点：人生百味类完形填空