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   1. filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   2.  that I decided to write an article about her.

I   3.  Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She   4.  and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   5.  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   6. , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   7.  Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   8.  was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   9.  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   10. . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   11.  in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   12.  the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   13.  my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   14. :

Ms. Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please   15.  those and return the article immediately. We would like to   16.  your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   17. . 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   18.  writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer.   19.  this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t   20.  to doubt yourself.

21.               A．voice          B．joy            C．smile D．speech

22.               A．proud          B．moved         C．satisfied   D．active

23.               A．visited         B．emailed        C．interviewed    D．phoned

24.               A．refused        B．agreed         C．hesitated  D．paused

25.               A．explained       B．discovered      C．knew D．replied

26.               A．seriously       B．nervously       C．patiently   D．quietly

27.               A．fooling         B．blaming        C．inviting    D．urging

28.               A．hardship        B．failure         C．comment  D．pressure

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

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

31.               A．compare       B．survive         C．compete  D．struggle

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

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

34.               A．anxiety         B．disbelief        C．horror    D．trouble

35.               A．increase        B．replace         C．add  D．mix

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

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

38.               A．energetic       B．enjoyable       C．typical D．endless

39.               A．Holding on to    B．Dating back to    C．Looking back on D．Dropping in on

40.               A．afford          B．attempt        C．expect    D．pretend

--Which coat would you prefer, sir?

--I’11 take___________, to have a change sometimes.

A. all them    B. them all    C. both them    D. them both

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Five years ago, when it was time for my cousin to start college, my 75-year-old grandfather, Rex, decided to do the same. He went to    1 , taking classes twice a week until his death last summer.
As a student, my grandfather spent countless hours in his office   2    and completing assignments. Although he was twice as    3     as his professors, he loved going. He said,“You can never  4    too much, no matter how old you are.”He loved everything about school. Learning new things was truly his passion.
My grandfather’s will to learn was a great   5    for me to do my best in school. We were always     6    with each other, trying to bring home the better grade.
When he turned 80 and still had a full head of hair, my grandfather felt like he could take on the       7   . He felt like he could beat the unstoppable no matter what came in his way---whether it was his continuing with cancer     8  a tough professor.
Some people look to Superman or Batman as their   9   , but my grandfather will forever be my hero, the      10   who always came to my rescue. My grandfather was made the hall of fame(名人堂) at his high school as one of the school’s most successful football players. When I did some research I   11 that his nickname was Atlas. In Greek mythology(神话), Atlas held the heavens on his shoulders. For my grandfather’s football team, he was  12 Atlas, holding the team together. He was my Atlas too, as the foundation of our family.
In my times of need he was always there to    13     me and celebrate my accomplishments. I could count on him to help me out and stand by me. The strength he  14    with me will continue to hold me up as I forever keep his memory    15   in my heart and mind.

Our airplane was just beside the airport building. It did not look too strong to me, but I decided not to think about such things. We saw the baggage going out ___1___ it on trolleys and being loaded from ___2___ the aircraft. Next, three men and three girls, all in uniform, went over to the plane and ___3___ it. Over the loudspeakers we were ___4___ the plane was ready to leave and were asked to walk ___5___ to it. Everybody moved quickly in order to ___6___ the seats they wanted. I was ___7___ to get a seat near the tail, but the plane looked ___8___ inside than it had from outside. I fastened my seat belt ___9___ we took off and tried to ___10___ my nervousness.  

After an hour’s flying I ___11___ black clouds ahead through my window. An electric sign flashed ___12___: “Fasten your seat belts, please,” one of the hostesses made a ___13___ request over the loudspeakers. She told us we were about to fly into a storm but ___14___ cheerfully there was nothing to worry ___15___. Suddenly, the plane ___16___ all over, dropped about twenty feet and seemed to hang on one ___17___. Then it rose twenty feet and there was a great flash of lightning. The three girls did their best to ___3___ pills for airsickness and ___19___ the passengers. Soon the sky became light again. The pilot had ___20___ to get above the storm.

1. A. at            B. over             C. to               D. above

2. A. inside         B. beside          C. behind            D. under

3. A. arrived       B. entered            C. climbed          D. flew

4. A. asked         B. noticed            C. announced             D. told

5. A. out          B. inside           C. in               D. by

6. A. fetch          B. hold             C. keep            D. get

7. A. impossible     B. possible           C. unable         D. unsuitable

8. A. prettier       B. stronger          C. smaller           D. heavier

9. A. before        B. after            C. until            D. when

10. A. smooth     B. forget          C. correct           D. drive

11. A. noticed     B. looked                C. watched          D. realized

12. A. on         B. up               C. out              D. in

13. A. general       B. similar                C. common         D. sharp

14. A. smiled      B. spoke           C. added             D. acted

15. A. at          B. about           C. on               D. with

16. A. shake        B. shaken                C. shook             D. shocked

17. A. edge         B. line              C. side             D. wing

18. A. give out    B. give off          C. give up           D. give back

19. A. save         B. cool             C. persuade         D. comfort

20. A. succeeded     B. flown                C. planned          D. managed

---Is this  experiment  easy?

---________,I’11 just do my best.

  A．I think so  B．Certainly C．Not a 1ittle D．Anything but