WhenmysisterDianebeganplayingtheviolin,shewasseven.Howd...

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When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ___21____. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could ____22___ a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister ___23_____ talent.

I was better at my __24_____. My teacher had told my parents that I had great ____25____. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ____26___ me. But the only time he was __27_____was Saturday afternoons at 3 P. m. Back then, I was ___28____ about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was ___29___ every Saturday at 3 P. p. m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour . So I ___30____ this amazing opportunity. Today, I don’t even have a _31_____ in my house.

My sister became an engineer, but she __32_____stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched （转换）___33____. She went back to college, got a __34_____ in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never ___35____.

Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital（音乐独奏会）. A big crowd of friends and family _36______ for her. As she played, I looked around at the ____37___. Everyone was ___38____enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly ___39____ sounds and knew how far she had come, despite __40_____.

Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.

21．A. admit    B. advance       C. quit（停止）  D. improve

22．A. attend    B. join          C. leave       D. visit

23．A. admired  B. lacked（缺乏）  C. had         D. instrument（仪器）

24．A. major    B. project       C. composition  D. instrument

25．A. ambition（雄心 ） B. patience C. enthusiasm  D. potential（潜力）

26．A. examine  B. train          C. Correct     D. challenge

27．A. available（有空的）B. punctual（守时的）  C. skillful  D. occupied

28．A. sensitive  B. serious        C. crazy       D. particular

29．A. aired（播送）B. filmed      C. Designed    D. commented评论

30．A. grasped     B. valued      C. waited for   D. turned down

31．A. book       B. play        C. piano        D. violin

32．A. already     B. even        C. never        D. once

33．A. attitudes    B. careers（职业）C. plans        D. positions

34．A. degree      B. chance      C. scholarship   D. sponsor赞助商

35．A. expected    B. provided     C. imagined     D. received

36．A. paid off     B. showed off   C. stayed up     D. turned up

37．A. audience    B. students     C. spotlights     D. platform

38．A. appropriately（适当地）B. anxiously C. obviously D. desperately绝望地

39．A. sweet       B. awful        C. powerful     D. unique

40．A. everybody   B. everything    C. something    D. somebody

【回答】

CABDD  BACAD  CCBAD  DACBB

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空