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Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 1 was more manageable , I 2 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3 that was years ago and times have changed. 4 I live with mother on a country farm
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 5 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). 6 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my 7 . I decided that I would consider 8 to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was 9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of 10 to get started. And 11 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 12 use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my 13 ; he gave me a long thoughtful 14 . “This means a lot to you, doesn’ t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me 15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I 18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His 20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
1. A. loneliness B. sadness C. tiredness D. sickness
2. A. set B. enjoyed C. kept D. shared
3. A. Gladly B. Eventually C. Unfortunately D. Surprisingly
4. A. Now B. Then C. Sometime D. Meanwhile
5. A. add up to B. make up for C. get rid of D. take advantage of
6. A. If B. As C. Though D. Before
7. A. movement B. condition C. choices D. positions
8. A. reaching out B. living up C. getting on D. going back
9. A. recognized B. interviewed C. found D. invited
10. A. money B. time C. energy D. knowledge
11. A. thus B. once C. seldom D. often
12. A. actually B. hardly C. nearly D. formerly
13. A. job B. family C. idea D. offer
14. A. face B. view C. look D. sight
15. A. over B. along C. towards D. through
16. A. unhappily B. lovingly C. pitifully D. gratefully
17. A. pick B. turn C. role D. step
18. A. had to cry B. ought to cry C. should have cried D. could have cried
19. A. more B. the ones C. few D. the rest
20. A. courage B. devotion C. kindness D. trust
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(条纹，线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts(杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a ___2___ and the concrete and paint ___3___ tickle my nose. I ___4___ everything about this room.
Some of the ___5___ times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic, but the ___6___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to ___7___ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ___8___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your ___9___ ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___10___.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and ___11___ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, ___12___ it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不稳定的) ___13___ of being different and alone.
I ___14___ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ___15___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___16___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___17___ to know that I succeed in an area where ___18___ others—and virtually(事实上) no girls—do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___19___. Like others, I’m often insecure, not ___20___ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
1. A. doors B. windows C. roofs D. walls
2. A. last look B. long walk C. short breath D. deep breath
3. A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. looks
4. A. hate B. love C. miss D. forget
5. A. worst B. tiring C. best D. better
6. A. room B. office C. building D. stage
7. A. pretend B. expect C. want D. decide
8. A. hardly B. seriously C. constantly D. happily
9. A. acting B. speaking C. moving D. repeating
10. A. thought of B. judged C. taken care of D. feeling
11. A. happiness B. anxieties C. chances D. pressures
12. A. and B. however C. but D. though
13. A. feeling B. idea C. hope D. fact
14. A. seldom B. almost C. relatively D. absolutely
15. A. hope B. doubt C. think D. suspect
16. A. up for B. out at C. up to D. down to
17. A. pride B. duty C. humor D. sight
18. A. few B. many C. a few D. some
19. A. cruelly B. tensely C. friendly D. mildly
20. A. fond of B. afraid for C. sure of D. interested in
I lived in America with my teenage son Karl. After his father died, Karl became very shy, quite and only concerned about his own thoughts. As a 1 parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he 2 . When his report card arrived during his third year , it said that he had been 3 95 times from classes and had six 4 grades for the year. At this rate he would never 5 . I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. 6 worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down 7 my knees and pleaded for help. "Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to 8 ."
One day, I was at work when I got a (an) 9 . A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absence ." 10 he could say another word, I was very upset and all my 11 and sadness over Karl came 12 into the ears of this stranger. " I do 13 my son but I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It's out of my 14 . "For a moment there was (a) 15 on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time", and hung up.
Karl's next report card showed an obvious 16 in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his 17 year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his 18 were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, 19 that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's 20 I knew I had to make you proud. ”
1. A. happy B. single C. excited D. young
2. A. moved away B. took away C. pulled away D. died away
3. A. present B. lost C. late D. absent
4. A. falling B. improved C. worst D. better
5. A. accomplish B. graduate C. compete D. achieve
6. A. Something B. Nothing C. Anything D. Everything
7. A. to B. with C. on D. below
8. A. him B. me C. you D. them
9. A. message B. phone call C. email D. letter
10. A. Before B. When C. After D. As
11. A. joy B. disappointment C. hatred D. emotions
12. A. pouring out B. flooding back C. crowding out D. squeezing out
13. A. hate B. upset C. love D. disappoint
14. A. reach B. mind C. hand D. luck
15. A. silence B. laughter C. cry D. sigh
16. A. improvement B. backwardness C. preference D. strength
17. A. third B. second C. fourth D. first
18. A. classmates B. teachers C. friends D. directors
19. A. recall B. memorize C. know D. remember
20. A. how B. what C. why D. when
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