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 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.
A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
A．Proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved
A．Visited B．emailed C．phoned D．interviewed
A．Agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused
A．Replied B．Discovered C．explained D．knew
A．Seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly
A．Blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging
A．Pressure B．failure C．comment D．hardship
A．Finally B．Luckily C．Publicly D．Gradually
A．Disappeared B．Returned C．spread D．improved
A．Compare B．Struggle C．promote D．compete
A．Ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
A．Decorating B．repairing C．cleaning D．leaving
A．Disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．trouble
A．Secure B．related C．private D．reliable
A．Broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess
A．Recover B．prepare C．escape D．forget
A．Energetic B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable
A．Experience B．success C．benefit D．accident
A．attempt B．afford C．expect D．Pretend
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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
We will meet a lot of crossings on the way of our lives．How to choose? The son of a brewer (酿造商), Jim Koch, presents it new 36 ．
When Jim was a teenager, his father did everything he could to persuade him 37 becoming a brewer, for he 38 brewing was so labour-costing a job．So 39 studied hard and went to Harvard to study law and business．In his second year, he 40 for he felt strongly that one 41
not wait till 65 to do what he wants in life．He became an instructor of the wilderness-education program．
After over three years, he went 42 , finished Harvard and got a 43 paid job at the Boston Consulting Group, 44 he stayed for five years．Still he was disturbed by 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I am 50?”
He 46 that Americans pay good money for beer．He thought why not to make good beer for Americans．Finally, he 47 his job and became a successful beer brewer．
As we all know, success is 48 to talent plus effort．However, in this story, success is applied with new meanings．To try to find what you are 49 and stick to it is what I learned from Jim．
Everyone should introspect (反思) himself from time to time like Jim, especially after he was 50
in one position．One might not be 51 for a job in his whole life．Since one will become 52 in his job, there are two ways which people usually 53 :one is to try to improve himself to 54 up with others still in this job; the other is to leave this job, and then find another one he is interested in．Both of them are 55 only if the job is what one is interested in．
36． A．spirits B．chances C．thoughts D．jobs
37． A．into B．from C．of D．in
38． A．mistook B．ignored C．forgot D．thought
39． A．Jim B．His father C．They D．One
40． A．put out B．left out C．dropped out D．moved out
41． A．must B．dare C．need D．can
42． A．forward B．back C．on D．away
43． A．lower B．poorly C．highly D．properly
44． A．where B．which C．when D．then
45． A．trouble B．doubt C．belief D．imagination
46． A．supposed B．noticed C．considered D．treated
47． A．lost B．got C．continued D．left
48． A．key B．answer C．equal D．suitable
49． A．into B．good at C．fit D．able
50． A．put B．seated C．fixed D．defeated
51． A．anxious B．ready C．fit D．important
52． A．successful B．interested C．impossible D．unable
53． A．build B．choose C．move D．complete
54． A．catch B．look C．hold D．stay
55． A．important B．available C．successful D．meaningful
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school．Jane has economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a（n） for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids her．
On her birthday last month, she so much that she on her coming．Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be to come and hurried home to ask her Mum she could lend her 
friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very and angrily said to her Mum, “ I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well ．
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s ． Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her with her．
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto．
A．personal B．extra C．limited D．adequate
A．for B．with C．like D．as
A．hopefully B．obviously C．hardly D．temporarily
A．music B．drawing C．maths D．biology
A．bonus B．allowance C．donation D．pension
A．secretly B．happily C．quietly D．eagerly
A．pointing at B．shouting at C．laughing at D．glaring at
A．took B．invited C．accompanied D．sent
A．happy B．independent C．confident D．present
A．depended B．insisted C．focused D．agreed
A．casual B．comfortable C．nice D．tight
A．shirt B．jeans C．handbag D．necklace
A．get B．copy C．order D．borrow
A．free B．able C．glad D．willing
A．how B．when C．why D．whether
A．stubborn B．upset C．firm D．enthusiastic
A．If B．When C．Unless D．Though
A．treated B．controlled C．educated D．behaved
A．cleverness B．character C．circumstances D．competences
A．study B．friendship C．sympathy D．performance
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He 31 me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I 32 why he did so.
“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and 33 the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets 34 to the square.
“ See, my dear. There is more than one 35 to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place 36 you want to go by one road, 37 another,” he said to me.
Now I 38 why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to 39 and deal with the difficulties.
In the years that 40 I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in 41 . I wanted to be a fashion 42 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road 43 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my 44 ?
I had come to Paris, the 45 of the world of fashion , with some clothes I 46 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed 47 in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and 48 stitch (针法).
“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.
“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”
“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.
My friend had an 49 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”
Suddenly a good idea 50 me. why not open my own house of fashin? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.
31. A . brought B. carried C. got D. took
32. A. wondered B. doubted C. knew D. guessed
33. A. noticed B. saw C. realized D. observed
34. A. directing B. going C. leading D. turning
35. A. way B. path C. road D. method
36. A. when B. why C. which D. where
37. A. try B. attempt C. experiment D. manage
38. A. witnessed B. understood C. imagined D. supposed
39. A. settle B. face C. solve D. handle
40. A. caught B. followed C. approached D. wasted
41. A. heart B. work C. class D. life
42. A. designer B. seller C. worker D. teacher
43. A. smoothed B. passed C. blocked D. approved
44. A. success B. failure C. comfort D. intelligence
45. A. capital B. country C. attraction D. centre
46. A. recommended B. designed C. performed D. chose
47. A. occupied B. absorbed C. buried D. interested
48. A. rough B. ordinary C. unusual D. perfect
49. A. cause B. reason C. description D. explanation
50. A. struck B. thought C. entered D. came
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He 31 me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I 32 why he did so.
“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and 33 the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets 34 to the square.
“ See, my dear. There is more than one 35 to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place 36 you want to go by one road, 37 another,” he said to me.
Now I 38 why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to 39 and deal with the difficulties.
In the years that 40 I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in 41 . I wanted to be a fashion 42 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road 43 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my 44 ?
I had come to Paris, the 45 of the world of fashion , with some clothes I 46 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed 47 in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and 48 stitch (针法).
“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.
“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”
“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.
My friend had an 49 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”
Suddenly a good idea 50 me. why not open my own house of fashin? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.
31. A . carried B. got C. took D. brought
32. A. doubted B. guessed C. wondered D. knew
33. A. saw B. realized C. noticed D. observed
34. A. going B. leading C. turning D. directing
35. A. path B. method C. road D. way
36. A. why B. which C. where D. when
37. A. attempt B. experiment C. manage D. try
38. A. imagined B. supposed C. witnessed D. understood
39. A. face B. handle C. settle D. solve
40. A. approached B. caught C. followed D. wasted
41. A. life B. class C. work D. heart
42. A. seller B. worker C. teacher D. designer
43. A. blocked B. approved C. passed D. smoothed
44. A. comfort B. intelligence C. failure D. success
45. A. country B. attraction C. centre D. capital
46. A. designed B. performed C. recommended D. chose
47. A. buried B. occupied C. absorbed D. interested
48. A. unusual B. perfect C. ordinary D. rough
49. A. reason B. explanation C. description D. cause
50. A. thought B. entered C. came D. struck
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I jumped into a taxi and took off for the airport．
We were driving in the right lane 36 suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space
37 in front of us．My taxi driver immediately put his foot on the 38 ．The taxi slid a short distance quickly and 39 the other car by just inches! The driver of the black car moved his head around and started 40 at us．My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy; and I mean he was 41 friendly, which is truly beyond my expectation.
42 I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost 43 your car and sent us to the 44 !” This is when my taxi driver 45 me what I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck.”
He 46 that many people are like garbage trucks．They run around full of garbage, disappointment, frustration (挫败感) and 47 ．As their garbage 48 , they need a place to dump (丢弃) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on 49 ．Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move 50 ．Don’t take it 51 ．Don’t take their garbage and 52 it to other people at work, at home or on the streets．
The 53 line is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day．Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with 54 , so “Love the people who treat you 55 ．Pray for the ones who don’t”．
36．A．as B．when C．before D．while
37．A．even B．still C．right D．only
38．A．brakes B．airbags C．seats D．gases
39．A．left B．hit C．attacked D．missed
40．A．nodding B．looking C．yelling D．frowning
41．A．really B．exactly C．almost D．rarely
42．A．Since B．So C．But D．Yet
43．A．blocked B．ruined C．passed D．followed
44．A．airport B．prison C．court D．hospital
45．A．returned B．showed C．taught D．brought
46．A．imagined B．explained C．argued D．advised
47．A．doubt B．eagerness C．anger D．panic
48．A．piles up B．breaks down C．runs out D．cuts down
49．A．none B．me C．themselves D．you
50．A．on B．along C．in D．out
51．A．formally B．personally C．immediately D．permanently
52．A．save B．present C．offer D．spread
53．A．finish B．life C．front D．bottom
54．A．losses B．regrets C．dreams D．plans
55．A．well B．differently C．actively D．hard
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