My mother always says that I’m born to dance ballet．But that September when I was in a ballet  36  and went to do a turn，something just happened. I heard it and I surely   37  it．I went right to a doctor and got an MRI，which  38  a lot of damage to my knee——a(n)  39  injury for a dancer．I had to have a(n)  40  .

Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury．Dance was my life，but 41，I wasn’t going to be able to do it for a year or possibly never again．

My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was  42   a battle against cancer at that time．He showed me how to make it through a  43  situation．I thought that if he could do that，I could handle this，too．  44  my operation，I had great difficulty walking，but I knew that if I really worked hard，my injury would   45  ．

Several months later, I definitely wasn't at my strongest，but I could   46  a class. The dancing I did was basic   47    that my knee could handle．

Once we started practicing in the fall，I was beginning to feel like myself again．One day，I   48   the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld．I thought it must be a(n)   49  because he is very famous in the ballet world．But it wasn’t．He  50   me and taught me a lot of things．At l8，I had a solo performance! It was a big  51  ．I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina．After the   52  ，Eliot said，“You know, you have a gift—and you are also made of   53  ．"That，coming from him，was the   54  compliment(赞美)I have ever received．I’d like to think that   55  my injury made me strong．

1.A．school       B．class                  C．team                   D．play

2.A．felt                 B．accepted           C．broke                 D．touched

3.A．pointed                  B．said                 C．showed             D．read

4.A．necessary                B．important          C．practical    D．deadly

5.A．operation    B．cry         C．holiday                D．test

6.A．all of a sudden        B．in time                C．at present D．once in a while

7.A．leading                   B．losing              C．fighting             D．inventing

8.A．wonderful     B．difficult             C．positive             D．heavy

9.A． At                       B．During              C．After       D．Over

10.A．move                B．go                     C．die                    D． heal

11.A．take up                 B．get through        C．break into D．set out

12.A．damages             B．activities           C．moves                 D．breathes

13.A．stole                   B．checked          C．faced                  D．borrowed

14.A．problem                B．opportunity        C．mistake                D．task

15.A．held                B．obeyed            C．received  D．encouraged

16.A．success                B．secret             C．surprise            D．position

17.A．performance       B．speech                C．competition  D．match

18.A．mud                    B．wood              C．steel               D．gold

19.A．simplest                B．greatest           C．deepest   D．smartest

20.A．turning to     B．1etting out         C．setting up           D．dealing with