After graduation, Susan was asked to become the executive director of the Floating Hospital. She __36__ at first, as it was a very big job and she didn't know if she could __37__ it. But finally, she __38__. While her job was rewarding, she soon got tired of it. When she sat at her desk one day, the __39__ came into her mind to go down to the New School for Social Research. __40__ she was learning to trust her intuition(直觉), she decided to have a go.
Without any forethought, she titled the __41__ “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”. Susan was __42__ as she faced the first session of the twelveweek course. The two hours went well, but she then was challenged with a __43__ fear, for she didn't know what to teach the next week. But every week she found she had more to say. And her __44__ level grew. She realized she had learned so much over the years about __45__ fear. And her students were drinking it up. At the end of the course, they were __46__ at how shifting their thinking really changed their lives.
Susan __47__ decided to write a book based on the course she had taught. She faced many roadblocks. And after four agents and fifteen __48__ from various publishers, she __49__ put the proposal in a drawer.
After three years of writing, she was going through the drawer that __50__ her muchrejected book proposal. Picking it up, she had a(n) __51__ sense that she held something in her hands that many people __52__ to read. So, she set out with much __53__ to find a publisher who believed in her book the __54__ way she did. This time, she succeeded. She succeeded __55__ her wildest dreams.
She was so happy she followed her heart and never gave up overcoming fears that stood in her way.
( )36. A. admitted B. wondered C. hesitated D. recognized
( )37. A. help B. handle C. hatch D. have
( )38. A. explained B. paused C. ignored D. agreed
( )39. A. thought B. chance C. approach D. demand
( )40. A. While B. Since C. If D. Though
( )41. A. book B. talk C. speech D. course
( )42. A. nervous B. energetic C. delicate D. depressed
( )43. A. general B. constant C. pure D. new
( )44. A. balance B. confidence C. happiness D. success
( )45. A. handing over B. taking over C. getting over D. looking over
( )46. A. relieved B. puzzled C. amazed D. amused
( )47. A. eventually B. gradually C. originally D. temporarily
( )48. A. rejections B. applications C. indications D. restrictions
( )49. A. hopefully B. swiftly C. unconsciously D. unwillingly
( )50. A. held B. emptied C. removed D. supported
( )51. A. vague B. slight C. acute D. basic
( )52. A. happened B. afforded C. agreed D. needed
( )53. A. determination B. hesitation C. satisfaction D. imagination
( )54. A. right B. ideal C. same D. obvious
( )55. A. within B. beyond C. behind D. through
