I stood nervously behind the red curtain and glanced out across the stage.A girl about my age sat at a piano, her fingertips moving over the black and white keys.

My body________when the girl stood up from the bench. It was finally my turn! I could hear my heart ________loudly . The girl passed me with a smile, and I heard her say “Good luck”!

“Well, here goes ________.” I said to myself.

Then I stepped onto the stage. The bright lights nearly _______me, making it difficult to see the audience. When I reached the piano, the sounds of whispering soon turned into complete ________. I stared at my ________fingers, and for a moment my mind went blank!Closing my eyes, I imagined the music sitting in front of me!

Finally, I took a deep breath and began to play Beethoven’s Moonlight sonata（奏鸣曲）.My fingers began to ________over the keys. The rich tones（音色）of the piano rang out. One by one, each muscle in my body loosened and _________.

All the practice and effort I put in for six months showed this was ________my teacher was pushing for. “Keep your wrists up , relax your arms, don’t raise your shoulders...”I remembered feeling a bit________when hearing these things over and over. But I never realized until now how it really ________.

When I reached the end of the piece, a great ________went up from the audience. I rose from the bench and gave a deep bow. A proud smile lit up my face. As the applause（掌声）________,I turn and walked to the other side of the stage. There, I saw a young boy standing behind the red curtains staring ________ out at the stage.

When I walked by, I passed to him the two ________words:Good luck!

Ray-Tokuda, a 54-year-old Japanese American. is proud of the title his school has given him. He is a Shifu, a Chinese word meaning a master of martial arts（武术）.

Tokuda has reason to be proud. He has been involved with Chinese martial arts for over 40 years. After learning them at the martial arts school in New Mexico State, today he is among the most experienced kung fu teachers of the school.

Practicing martial arts two to three hours and helping students improve their skills have become Tokuda’s daily routine（日常生活）. “I’m still learning. It’s worth more than a lifetime to learn Chinese martial arts.” he said, “Once I started, I just couldn’t stop. I think it’s also the magic of Chinese culture.”

Tokuda was sent to the martial arts school when he was 1. He still remembers how unwilling he was when starting out. “My father had always wanted to learn Chinese martial arts but never got the chance, so he put his kid in.” he said, “I was so afraid at that time because I thought kung fu was all about fighting.”

But things changed after he learned that martial arts were more than fighting. “One of the things martial arts teach me is overcoming difficulty.” Tokuda said.

Learning Chinese martial arts opened a gateway for him to better understand Chinese culture because he could hear a lot of ancient Chinese kung fu-related stories. “It is like in America, where we hear stories about knights in shining armor and King Arthur.” he said, “I feel martial arts preserve something of ancient China that can’t be found in books.”

Tokuda has also been invited to various events in his home state to show traditional Chinese culture, including the dragon dance and lion dance. Because of this, he is now considered a cultural envoy（使者）in the eyes of the public.

A black bear was in a dangerous situation when she fell off a 30-meter-high bridge. After a long day in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, the bear probably thought she was taking a shortcut home. She was walking across the bridge when, suddenly, two cars entered from both sides. There was nowhere to run, so the bear jumped onto the rail and began to fall over the side.

Luckily, the bear pulled herself onto an arch（拱）under the bridge, but she was trapped there. A driver saw the unbelievable scene and called 911. Robert Brooks, an animal control officer from the nearby town, was sent to investigate（调查）.When he found it wasn’t a joke, he soon called Dave Baker of the BEAR League-a group that helps bears in trouble.

Unfortunately. The sky was getting dark, so the rescuers had to wait. Early next morning, the two men returned to the bridge with more volunteers. Amazingly, the bear was still there. Dave had an idea—they should hang a net under the bear, push her into it, and then lower her to the ground.

Police officers closed the road,. After the net was in position, Robert immediately shot a dart（飞镖）with a sleeping drug into the bear’s shoulder. When the bear was sleepy, Ann Bryant, the head of the BEAR League, yelled, “OK, push!” A volunteer rock climber used his feet to push the bear off the arch, right into the middle of the net!

Firefighters volunteered to lower the 100-kilogram bear. When she touched to ground, everyone cheered. Ann and Robert guided the sleepy bear to a river, where she could finally get a drink. “She just kind of lay down on her turnmy and out her paws under her chin,”said Ann, “like a dog lying on the living room floor...only big!”The rescuers then cleared all the people there and left the bear alone. Since then, no one has seen her.

Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know where she’s been during her great worldwide vacation in a special way.

The traveler, who was born with a bone disease, had her right leg c    51    at the age of four. Although the amputation（截肢）once caused much trouble for her, the 22-year-old girl now just c    52    it as an inspiration for making the best of her life.

To spread that m    53    , Devon shares photos of her travels through the Internet. But instead of simply u    54    a geotag（地理标签）,she draws her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.

“I get a new leg every two years. One day, I had a sudden     55    my new leg could be used as a blackboard.”Devon said, “My family weren’t p    56    with the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it.”

Now she’s been taking pictures across Europe. “People often s    57    while I’m writing on my leg.”said Devon, “But once I share the photos, I receive o    58    praise and support.”

“My leg hasn’t p    59    me from doing anything I’ve wanted.”she said, “Now, I’ve been able to keep up with my peers（同龄人）and lead a pretty great life.”

You should never let anything stand in the w    60    of your dream. And if life gives you an artificial leg, make art!

61. 假设你是李明，你的好友Tom即将中考，感到焦虑。根据以下中文提示给他发一封email,帮助他客服焦虑情绪。要求80词左右，邮件的收尾已给出，不计入总词数。

I hear you are stressed out because the final exam is coming________________________________________