根据短文内容选词填空。(Choose the right words to fill in the blanks．)

　　Jerry finished college last summer．It was 　　1　　 for him to find a job．Many people lost their 　　2　　 in the city and they had to wait．　　3　　 his aunt's help, a manager of a hotel decided to hire(雇佣)　　4　　．It's far from his house．As his father was 　　5　　 of the poorest in the village, he didn't 　　6　　 enough money to buy a motorbike for him．The 　　7　　 man had to go to work by bike．He had to start 　　8　　 in the morning so that he could get to the 　　9　　 on time．He was sure everything would be good if he worked hard．

　　Half a year 　　10　　 Jerry got some money．He went to the shops where all kinds of motorbikes were sold．But they were all expensive and he couldn't buy the cheapest one．One of his friends said,“You'd better go to the second-hand markets．Maybe you can buy a cheaper one there．”

　　Jerry thought it was right and went there on weekend．He looked at all the motorbikes carefully and at last he settled on(看中)the third among them all．The first one was the newest, but it was the most expensive．The second one was newer, but it was more expensive．And finally he chose the third one．It was the oldest of all, but it was the cheapest．He comforted himself,“I'll have a nice car one day!”

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阅读短文，在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已经给出。

　　Tom was sick with disappointment．The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f　　1　　 in his solo(独奏)．He couldn't understand how it could have happened．

　　He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m　　2　　．He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p　　3　　 of him．He spent all his time with the piano．

　　His teacher had said he was q　　4　　 to learn．It was true that he accepted music as another l　　5　　 , another way to talk to people．

　　His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s　　6　　 them that he was the best in the whole class．

　　But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w　　7　　．He looked into the audience and saw his f　　8　　 smiling back at him．

　　At this time, he felt n　　9　　．His fingers began to tremble(颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold．

　　He sat down at the piano．He took a deep breath．He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest．He s　　10　　 over, thinking that would help．It didn't．his bright musical life seemed to end．