完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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   36  filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   37   that I decided to write an article about her.
I   38   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She   39   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   40   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   41  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   42   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   43   was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   44   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   45  . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   46   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   47   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While   48   my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   49  :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   50   materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   51   your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to   52  . Fear of rejection cost mely. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   53   writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   54  , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   55   to doubt yourself.
36．A．joy      B．voice  C．speech       D．smile
37．A．proud          B．active         C．satisfied     D．moved
38．A．visited        B．emailed      C．phoned       D．interviewed
39．A．agreed       B．refused      C．hesitated   D．paused
40．A．replied        B．discovered          C．explained   D．knew
41．A．seriously    B．patiently    C．nervously   D．quietly
42．A．blaming      B．fooling        C．inviting       D．urging
43．A．hardship    B．failure         C．comment   D．pressure
44．A．with   B．by       C．on       D．in
45．A．disappeared       B．returned    C．spread        D．improved
46．A．compare    B．struggle     C．survive       D．compete
47．A．ignore         B．deliver        C．face   D．receive
48．A．decorating          B．repairing    C．cleaning     D．leaving
49．A．disbelief     B．anxiety       C．horror         D．trouble
50．A．subjective  B．relevant     C．private       D．reliable
51．A．broadcast  B．create        C．publish       D．assess
52．A．recover      B．prepare      C．escape       D．concentrate
53．A．energetic   B．endless      C．typical        D．enjoyable
54．A．experience         B．success      C．benefit       D．accident
55．A．attempt     B．afford         C．expect        D．pretend