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.
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Mr. Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.
The river usually __16__ over in winter, and one year __17__ happened very early, so that by Christmas time it was covered with really __18__ ice. People could walk across it safely.
The sight of this ice gave Mr. Hall __19__. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the furniture in his living-room _ 20 _ out onto the ice. He would have pretty colored lights _ 21 _ all around
, and they would have a wonderful party. So he sent out __22__ to all his important friends, and on Christmas Eve they all began to _ 23 his house and then went onto the ice. They were all in very good _ 24 and thought that it _25_
a wonderful idea of Mr. Hall to have a party on the ice.
The party 26 until late at night, and as the _ 27 guests said their merry Christmas, Mr. Hall was pleased with himself for the __28 party.
He had drunk rather 29 at the party, so he did not wake up very early __30morning. In fact, it was 31midday when he got up and looked out of the window at the spot where the party was held last night. __32__ he saw there made him wonder whether he was still 33 _. He closed his eyes, opened them again but there was no mistake! The ice had __34 up in the early sunshine and had carried all his living-room furniture out to __35.
A．flows C．freeze D．froze
A．freezing B．ice C．snow D．rain
A．thin B．thick C．deep D．shallow
A．a wish B．an idea C．a hope D．a plan
A．selling B．carrying C．sold D．carried
A．lay B．lain C．hung D．hanged
A．introductions B．invitations C．informations D．lights
A．look for B．come to C．see D．leave
A．spirit B．strength C．condition D．manners
A．would be B．had been C．had had D．would have
A．went to B．kept on C．happened D．took place
A．first B．last C．most D．important
A．big B．new C．interesting D．successful
A．many B．little C．a lot D．more
A．next B．the next C．following D．followed
A．most B．mostly C．near D．nearly
A．Where B．What C．That D．Which
A．afraid B．awake C．asleep D．alive
A．dried B．come C．frozen D．broken
A．his house B．the sea C．the river D．land
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The angels were 26 a small space in the cold basement instead of in the comfortable guestroom. As they made their 27 on the hard floor, the older angel saw a 28 in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked 29 , the older angel replied, "Things aren’t always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to he house of a very poor but 30farmer and his wife. After 31 what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they 32 have a good night’s rest. When the sun 33the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife 34. Their cow, whose milk had been their only 35 , lay dead in the field. The younger angel was angry and asked the older angel, “How could you 36 this happen? The first man had everything, 37 you helped him. The second family had 38 but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die 39 help them. ”
"Things aren’t always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we 40 in the basement, I 41 there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. 42the owner was greedy and unwilling to share, I covered the wall so that he wouldn’t 43 it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came 44 his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem."
Sometimes that is 45what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should.
A．supplied B．supported C．provided D．given
A．food B．rest C．bed D．room
A．hole B．window C．spot D．circle
A．what B．how C．why D．where
A．gentle B．generous C．modest D．devoted
A．sharing B．cooking C．buying D．delivering
A．should B．must C．could D．may
A．turned up B．came up C．brought up D．sent up
A．in danger B．in rags C．in defence D．in tears
A．food B．budget C．income D．output
A．have permitted B．have got C．have let D．have caused
A．so B．yet C．however D．or
A．none B．much C．some D．little
A．less than B．other than C．more than D．rather than
A．repaired B．stayed C．lived D．settled
A．realized B．recognized C．noticed D．looked
A．Since B．Although C．If D．While
A．discover B．search C．seek D．research
A．to B．for C．over D．around
A．hardly B．exactly C．obviously D．fortunately
Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 21 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 22 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 23 , he loaded his family into the car and 24 them to see family members in Canada with a 25 ,“there are more important things in life than money. ”
The 26 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 27 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 28 that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. 29 , their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they 30 was how warm the people were in the house and how 31 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 32 hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing33 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 34 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 35parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety. The36 is telling the stories in a way children can37 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that38 , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s39 , and make eye contact （接触） to create “a personal experience”,. We don’t have to tell children 40they should take from the story and what the moral is. ”
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A．missed B．lost C．forgot D．ignored
A．when B．while C．how D．why
A．friendless B．worthless C．penniless D．homeless
A．hope B．promise C．suggestion D．belief
A．tale B．agreement C．arrangement D．report
A．large B．small C．new D．grand
A．surprised B．annoyed C．disappointed D．worried
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Instead D．Otherwise
A．talked about B．cared about C．wrote about D．heard about
A．much B．many C．little D．few
A．beyond B．over C．behind D．through
A．argument B．skill C．interest D．anxiety
A．study B．design C．committee D．staff
A．provide B．retell C．support D．refuse
A．trouble B．gift C．fact D．trick
A．perform B．write C．hear D．question
A．means B．ends C．begins D．proves
A．needs B．activities C．judgments D．habits
A．that B．what C．which D．whom
One day I was doing an experiment in front of the classroom, wearing my favorite shirt. A voice came, “Nice shirt”. Then another 1said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Jimmy’s mother works for my family. We meant to throw the shirt away, but gave 2 to her instead.” Hearing the words, I was embarrassed. It was Mike. Mom worked for his family.
In the evening, I told my mom what had happened. She was silent for a while and then called her employer, “I will 3work for your family.” That night, she knew her life’s 4 was something greater. She decided to find a more meaningful job.
The next day she 5 with the headmaster of a local public school. She was told that she could not teach without a proper education. So Mom decided to 6a university.
A year later, she went back to the headmaster. He said, “You are serious, aren’t you? I think I have a 7 for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with some mentally disabled children with little or 8chance of learning.” Mom accepted the opportunity very 9 .
For almost three years, she saw many teachers give up on the children and 0 , feeling upset. Then one day, the headmaster 11 in her classroom, saying, “We have watched how you 12 the children over the last three years and admire your hard-working spirit. We all agree that you should be the 13of this class.”
My mom spent over 20 years there. I was proud of her 14she never gave up and also showed me how to deal with 15 situations. During her career, she was chosen as “Teacher of the Year”.
A．shout B．noise C．sound D．voice
A．it B．them C．one D．this
A．even so B．in reality C．no longer D．more than
A．goal B．trick C．problem D．routine
A．ran B．met C．stayed D．worked
A．visit B．design C．attend D．start
A．condition B．function C．promotion D．position
A．no B．much C．big D．great
A．angrily B．bitterly C．eagerly D．strangely
A．come B．leave C．return D．succeed
A．went up B．took up C．handed up D．turned up
A．accuse B．blame C．treat D．cheat
A．monitor B．teacher C．headmaster D．librarian
A．because B．once C．unless D．if
A．pleasing B．challenging C．exciting D．amazing
My mother attended college during the day while my sister was in school and I was in daycare. One day at daycare I 16a tired mother attempt to 17her daughter. The mother refused her little girl’s request to go to McDonalds for dinner and the daughter immediately 18over the floor, kicking and screaming, “I want to go to McDonalds. “ 19her mother tried to stop her crying. Finally her mother gave in, the girl stopped crying and they left. To say I was amazed would be 20,I was delighted that 21I wanted could be got in the same way.
That day my mother picked me up early from daycare 22we were collecting our - Christmas shopping. As we walked through the toy section, I saw a 23 I had to have. It was a white and red telephone whose bells 24as it was pulled along on a string.
25lovingly at my mother, I asked, “Mama, 26I have that telephone?” She replied, “Not now, but if you are a good girl maybe Santa will bring it to you. “ As I insisted, her eyes narrowed and her hand 27on mine.
By now we were standing in the long line, and I figured it was 28. I lay down on the ground and began screaming. “I want that telephone. “ Tired Christmas shoppers looked as my mother 29 said, “Becky, you ‘d better get up by the count of three 30 …”
Nothing happened. So then she lay 31me on the floor, and began kicking and screaming, “I want a new car, I want a new house, I want some jewelry, I want…” 32, I stood up.
“Mama, stop. Mama, get up,” I 33said.
She stood, and 34herself off. At first astonished, the others waiting in line began to clap. And as they were leaving, they said with a smile, “Your mom got your good. I bet you’ll never try that again. “
And I didn’t, because it left a lasting mental picture more effective than any 55mark.
A．looked B．found C．observed D．watched
A．pick up B．hold up C．make up D．hang up
A．knocked B．fell C．came D．took
A．Anything B．Something C．Nothing D．Everything
A．enough B．abrupt C．impossible D．inaccurate
A．however B．whenever C．whatever D．whichever
A．where B．because C．though D．after
A．toy B．bell C．ring D．doll
A．hung B．burst C．stayed D．rang
A．Looking up B．Holding up C．Carrying on D．Going through
A．must B．can’t C．shall D．will
A．tended B．accumulated C．tightened D．approved
A．more or less B．again and again C．now and then D．now or never
A．calmly B．angrily C．anxiously D．disappointedly
A．at length B．and so on C．or something D．or else
A．beside B．against C．besides D．over
A．Shocked B．Excited C．Angry D．Amused
A．excitedly B．tearfully C．smilingly D．jokingly
A．lift B．polished C．breathed D．brushed
A．arbitrary B．worthy C．physical D．Necessary
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