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宇华教育集团2015-2016学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 考试时间100分钟 满分 120 分 第一节：完形填空 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 5 , I was scared out of my mind．I ??6? ?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 7? , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that?? 8???Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible．The ?? 9? ?was almost unbearable．I struggled for days ??10? ?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 ??11? ．How stupid of me! I thought．How could I ??12? ?in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ??13? ?the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer．Five years later, I was moving to California．While cleaning??my apartment, I 14 the unopened envelope．This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ??15? . Dear Ms Profit, Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic．Yet we need some ??16? ?materials．Please add those and return the article immediately．We would like to ??17? ?your story soon． Shocked, it took me a long time to ??18? ．Fear of rejection cost me dearly．I lost at least five hundred dollars and a chance of having my article appear in a major magazine．More importantly, I lost years of enjoyable writing．Today, I have become a full – time writer． 19 my experience, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t?? 20??to doubt yourself． 01．A．joy?? B．speech C．voice???????????? D．sm