SomeyearsagowhenIwasinmyfirstyearincol?legeIheardSalomeBeysingforthefirsttime.Themo?mentwasexciting.Salome's32filledtheroomandbroughtthetheatretolife.Iwasso33thatIdecidedtow
SomeyearsagowhenIwasinmyfirstyearincol?legeIheardSalomeBeysingforthefirsttime.Themo?mentwasexciting.Salome's32 filledtheroomandbroughtthetheatretolife.Iwasso33 thatIdecidedtowriteanarticleabouther.
I34 SalomeBeytellingherIwasfromEssencemagazineandthatIwantedtomeethertotalkabouthercareer.She35 andtoldmetocometoherstudionextTuesday.WhenIhungupIwasscaredoutofmymind.I36 Iwaslying.Iwasnotawriteratallandhadn'tevenwrittenagrocerylist.
IinterviewedSalomeBeythenextTuesday.Isatthere37 takingnotesandaskingquestionsthatallbeganwith"Canyoutellme...”. 1soonrealizedthat38 SalomeBeywasonethingbutwritingastoryforanationalmagazinewasjustimpossible.The39 wasalmostunbearable.Istruggledfordays40 draftafterdraft.FinallyIputmymanuscript(手稿)intoalargeenve?lopeanddroppeditintoamailbox.
Itdidn'ttakelong.Mymanuscript41 .Howstupidofme!Ithought.Howcould42 inaworldofprofessionalwriters?KnowingIcouldn't43 therejec?tionletterIthrewtheunopenedenvelopeintoadrawer.
FiveyearslaterIwasmovingtoCalifornia.While44 myapartmentIcameacrosstheunopenedenve?lope.ThistimeIopeneditandreadtheeditor'sletterin45
MsProfitYourstoryonSalomeBeyisfantastic.Yetxveneedsome46 materials.Pleaseaddthoseandreturnthearti?tieimmediatelyWevoouldliketo47 yourstorysoon.
Shockedittookmealongtimeto48 Fearofrejectioncostmedearly.Ilostatleastfivehundreddollarsandthechanceofhavingmyarticleappearinamajormagazine.MoreimportantlyIlostyearsof49 writing.TodayIhavebecomeafulltimewriter.Lookingbackonthis50 Ilearnedaveryimportantlesson;youcan't51 todoubtyourself.
32.A.joy B.voice C.speech D.smile
33.A.proud B.active C.satisfied D.moved
34.A.visited B.emailed
C.phoned D.interviewed
35.A.agreed B.refused C.hesitated D.paused
36.A.replied B.discovered C.explained D.knew
37.A.seriously B.patientl