Lisa, Michael, and Emma were good friends. They were reading the script (剧本) and getting ready to try out for a part in the school ________. However, when their drama teacher, Mrs. Anderson, called out the ________ of the students with acting parts, they did not hear their names called.
They were asked to be the set (布景) designers, whose job was to ________ the decorations on the stage. Lisa was ________ because she performed well at the tryout. But she had a(n) ________ “If the girl who got the starring part (主演) gets sick or something, I’ll have the chance. So, I’d better know the lines perfectly.”
For the next month the set-design team ________ after school every day. Emma and Michael cut, fixed and painted, while Lisa sat in the corner, learning the ________ of the starring part. She could see that the sets were going ________, but she did not think it mattered.
That evening, when the teacher saw the sets before rehearsal (排练), she was ________ because the rainbow had not been painted. So the actors had to rehearse without the sets.
As Lisa watched the play rehearsal with no sets, she ________ she was ruining it although she had imagined stepping in at the last minute to save it. Lisa decided that if she could not act, she could help ________ the story with excellent sets.
The set-design team worked every afternoon and evening to get the sets ________ and looking wonderful.
At the end of the play on opening night, their teacher had the set-design team come out to take a bow (鞠躬). The audience ________ for the set designers just as loudly as it had for the actors. It seemed that the sets were also ________ of the show! From this experience, Lisa came to understand that whether she played a part or worked as the set designer, she could achieve her ________.
1. A.newspaper | B.work | C.trip | D.play |
2. A.names | B.parts | C.numbers | D.grades |
3. A.check | B.move | C.clean | D.build |
4. A.excited | B.confident | C.unhappy | D.worried |
5. A.lesson | B.idea | C.meeting | D.party |
6. A.met | B.trained | C.ran | D.rested |
7. A.plans | B.lines | C.answers | D.opinions |
8. A.smoothly | B.easily | C.normally | D.slowly |
9. A.disappointed | B.frightened | C.relaxed . | D.bored |
10. A.heard | B.remembered | C.realized | D.replied |
11. A.learn | B.tell | C.teach | D.write |
12. A.copied | B.cut | C.repaired | D.finished |
13. A.clapped | B.cared | C.waited | D.looked |
14. A.masters | B.teachers | C.stars... | D.directors |
15. A.balance | B.success | C.promise | D.freedom |