When other teenagers hang out with friends in the summer vacations. Erica doesn’t join. Instead, the 16-year-old senior high student is ______in filling cake orders and updating her website. She ______Kayke Bakery, a home-based business.
Erica started baking out of ______in the year 2021. Her first attempt was a(n) ______.Yet she made more cakes the next day and ______her techniques through teaching videos on a daily basis. “I saw other people’s decorated cakes and was ______to be a cake artist instead of just a baker,” Erica said. After due ______, she asked her parents about setting up her own business. “Seeing how ______she was,” Erica’s mother recalled, “we ______beginning to help her cope with all the legalities for its opening.” Soon, she had ______customers always coming to her for custom cakes. “______dealing with both school and a business is tough on occasions, but I managed to get______.” she said. “I’m glad to be able to do what I love.”
Always considered a ______, Erica finished her senior year with almost full marks. She plans to ______cake decorating after senior high. “I’m thinking about starting non-profit organizations.” In these years, besides learning various techniques, Erica has become more ______ . “I realize I possess great potential and power.”
6. A.applied | B.occupied | C.accommodated | D.adapted |
7. A.assists | B.shelters | C.charges | D.runs |
8. A.sympathy | B.gratitude | C.passion | D.politeness |
9. A.failure | B.success | C.pressure | D.astonishment |
10. A.employed | B.perfected | C.shared | D.presented |
11. A.reminded | B.permitted | C.instructed | D.inspired |
12. A.confirmation | B.debate | C.consideration | D.contrast |
13. A.annoyed | B.elegant | C.cautious | D.serious |
14. A.distinguished | B.approved | C.neglected | D.hesitated |
15. A.regular | B.potential | C.favoured | D.demanding |
16. A.Unobviously | B.Unconsciously | C.Unfortunately | D.Unavoidably |
17. 18. A.model | B.sculptor | C.psychologist | D.captain |
19. A.keep to | B.go beyond | C.jump at | D.work on |
20. A.mean | B.modest | C.assured | D.sensitive |