“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m going to have a  1   performance tonight. I hope you’ll come. Here is the  2  .” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of people  3  .

“What?! What performance? Dance? Is that true?” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was a quite  4   girl. I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, for she did not know how to  5   indeed. What a terrible thing, especially for a plain girl！

“I should go to, I must go to. That’s a miracle!” I thought.

I arrived at the  6   with the ticket, and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would  7  from a hard time before her turn, for I had no  8  of art, but her performance was  9  watching, no matter how long I would wait. Time went slowly. I  10  with myself not to fall asleep.

“Let’s welcome the next exciting dance - Latin !”  11  filled the hall at once.

I opened my eyes as large as possible,  12  to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the stage. Her dress went well with the brilliant lights. She was so beautiful. Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully  13   in the Latin music. At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly  14  on the splendid stage.

    After all the performance  15  , I waited for her at the gate.

“Hi!” She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and 16  as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen.

“How do you feel?” There was not a little bit tired  17   on her face.

“  18  !” I answered.

“Thank you! I knew it would be.” She could not  19   her excitement, laughing like a child. Looking at the shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I  20  that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

1. A. instrument          B. dance            C. music             D. opera

2. A. address             B. number          C. ticket             D. invitation

3. A. quickly             B. completely       C. quietly            D. excitedly

4. A. lovely              B. popular          C. confident          D. ordinary

5. A. cover up            B. turn off          C. dress up           D. take in

6. A. hall                B. party            C. cinema            D. concert

7. A. relieve             B. escape           C. relax              D. suffer

8. A. interest             B. ability           C. sense             D. touch

9. A. proper              B. worth           C. good              D. happy

10. A. struggled           B. knocked          C. supported         D. controlled

11. A. Appreciation        B. Attention         C. Expectation        D. Applause

12. A. desiring            B. fearing          C. forgetting         D. regretting

13. A. absorbed           B. swallowed        C. addicted          D. surrounded

14. A. singing             B. flying           C. skipping           D. staying

15. A. stopped             B. paused          C. ended             D. succeeded

16. A. talked              B. dressed          C. laughed           D. saw

17. A. appearance          B. excitement       C. expression         D. exhibition

18. A. Sorry              B. Congratulations   C. Far from           D. Fantastic

19. A. hide               B. prevent          C. remove            D. abandon

20. A. doubted            B. realized          C. wondered          D. suggested

“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m going to have a   16  performance tonight．I hope you'll come．Here is the  17  ．” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of people  18   ．

    "Is that true?" I asked myself．She was a quite  19   girl．I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, for she did not know how to   20   indeed．

    I arrived at the   21   with the ticket, and found my seat．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would   22   from a hard time before her turn, for I had no   23   of art, but her performance was   24   watching, no matter how long I would wait．Time went slowly．I  25    with myself not to fall asleep．

    "Let' s welcome the next exciting dance - Latin !"   26   filled the hall at once．

    I opened my eyes as large as possible,  27  to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the stage．Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully  28   in the Latin music．At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly   29  on the splendid stage．   

    After all the performance   30   , I waited for her at the gate．

    "Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and   31  as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen．

    "How do you feel?" There was not a little bit tired  32   on her face．

"  33  !" I answered．

    "Thank you! I knew it would be．" She could not  34   her excitement, laughing like a child．Looking at the shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I   35  that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

1.A．instrument         B．dance            C．music            D．opera

2.A．address            B．number           C．ticket           D．invitation

3.A．quickly            B．completely       C．quietly          D．excitedly

4.A．lovely             B．popular          C．confident        D．ordinary

5.A．cover up           B．turn off         C．dress up         D．take in

6.A．hall               B．party            C．theatre          D．school

7.A．relieve            B．escape           C．relax            D．suffer

8.A．interest           B．ability          C．sense            D．touch

9.A．proper             B．worth            C．good             D．happy

10.A．struggled         B．knocked          C．supported        D．controlled

11.A．Appreciation      B．Attention       C．Expectation      D．Applause

12.A．failing           B．fearing          C．forgetting       D．regretting

13.A．absorbed          B．swallowed        C．interested       D．surrounded

14.A．singing           B．flying           C．skipping         D．staying

15.A．stopped           B．paused           C．ended            D．succeeded

16.A．talked            B．dressed          C．laughed          D．looked

17.A．appearance        B．excitement       C．expression       D．exhibition

18.A．Sorry             B．Congratulations C．Far from         D．Fantastic

19.A．hide              B．prevent          C．remove           D．abandon

20.A．doubted       B．realized         C．wondered     D．suggested

“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m going to have a   16 performance tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the  17 ．” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of people  18  ．
"Is that true?" I asked myself．She was a quite  19  girl．I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, for she did not know how to   20  indeed．
I arrived at the   21  with the ticket, and found my seat．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would   22  from a hard time before her turn, for I had no   23  of art, but her performance was   24  watching, no matter how long I would wait．Time went slowly．I  25    with myself not to fall asleep．
"Let’ s welcome the next exciting dance - Latin !"   26  filled the hall at once．
I opened my eyes as large as possible,  27 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the stage．Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully  28  in the Latin music．At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly   29 on the splendid stage．   
After all the performance   30  , I waited for her at the gate．
"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and  31 as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen．
"How do you feel?" There was not a little bit tired  32  on her face．
"  33 !" I answered．
"Thank you! I knew it would be．" She could not  34  her excitement, laughing like a child．Looking at the shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I   35 that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．