1 . Music is something I could never live without. Without music, I was shy, _________and the type of person that would only talk when asked to. _________allowed me to express myself. Singing my heart out during grade choir (合唱团) practice and trying out for the school play, I felt the most like myself. It made me _________. There was nothing that could keep me away from my passion (热情), until high school.
Every student wanted to be in the choir during high school. I chose show choir (dancing and singing). The other day I took part in the audition (试唱) held by the high school choir director. The audition went like this, introduction, song of choice and range check—“ding”—the director played a note on the piano which I had to match. I felt that I had done a(an) _________job. Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into show choir was _________.
“Have you seen the list? I got in!” one of my friends said.
“No,” I replied looking on the web page for the _________.
I scrolled down, not my name, oh congratulations, I thought as I was looking through the show choir list. I found my _________.
“Alice H.—alternate (替补).”
An alternate? Was my audition that _________? After I saw this, my confidence _________. I had no passion for the show choir. I was torn from something that I thought made me different from others.
A year passed, I was at a restaurant that also held karaoke to the customers. My parents begged me to go up and __________. I said no the first time, no the second time, finally I got enough __________to go up. It took me back to the moment I was auditioning for choir. The people eating __________for me, clapping their hands. I realized, I did not get into one program but that did not mean that I had to give up all __________. The lesson I learned was if you are turned down or do not get the outcome you want, and it is something you’re in love with, don’t __________up. I never did try out for show choir again but I knew I had taken back my passion. For the future I know that I won’t always get the outcome I want, __________I will continue to work just as hard.
1. A.quiet | B.kind | C.clever | D.brave |
2. A.Dance | B.Music | C.Sports | D.Drawing |
3. A.happy | B.sorry | C.useful | D.nervous |
4. A.new | B.extra | C.amazing | D.boring |
5. A.discussed | B.kept | C.written | D.posted |
6. A.results | B.idea | C.plans | D.letter |
7. 8. 9. A.helped | B.developed | C.disappeared | D.returned |
10. A.learn | B.speak | C.sing | D.listen |
11. A.spirit | B.energy | C.trust | D.courage |
12. A.cheered | B.waited | C.paid | D.called |
13. A.money | B.hope | C.time | D.work |
14. A.make | B.show | C.give | D.break |
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