1 . Every one has a dream and those who have dreams are great. In June, a two-minute-long video, __ a young ballet student dancing in the rain, began __ on the Internet. As the rain falls, forming water holes between the unsmooth blocks of concrete on which he _____, Anthony Mmesoma Madu, 11, turns pirouette(单脚尖旋转)after pirouette.
The wide __ of the video, which has been seen more than 20 million times on social media platforms, has turned a __ on media on the unlikely story of a ballet school in a __ of Lagos, Nigeria: the Leap of Dance Academy. __ in 2017, the academy has transformed the lives of its students, __ them a place to dance and to dream. For now, the Leap of Dance Academy is housed at the __ of its founder, Daniel Owoseni Ajala, in Ajangbadi, Ojo, on the western suburb of Lagos. Every day after school, Ajala's 12 students walk to his apartment, where he __ his furniture and spreads a thin sheet over the cement floor for ___.Intended to make the simple setting a little more lively, they made some __ on the wall, some pictures of ballet dancers and ribbon roses. What is the most special is that the mirror, which is __ for a dancer, was glued by dozens of small broken mirrors.
Standing in small groups, students are __ about their lesson and __ some basic dance movements. They stretched out (伸长)their necks __ to watch Ajala or an overseas instructor on Zoom. In the meantime Ajala gives them correction __ "We have heard from so many people who are __ by the students and by dance,,, Ajala said. “They felt our sense of __ , delighting us every day. They __ us that art is here to stay. ”
1. A.featuring | B.predicting | C.scolding | D.announcing |
2. A.displaying | B.rewinding | C.circulating | D.pausing |
3. A.wrestles | B.walks | C.jogs | D.dances |
4. A.use | B.reach | C.application | D.adaptation |
5. A.focus | B.issue | C.conclusion | D.challenge |
6. A.downtown | B.city | C.suburb | D.village |
7. A.Abandoned | B.Stricken | C.Completed | D.Founded |
8. A.purchasing | B.affording | C.awarding | D.showing |
9. A.home | B.school | C.neighborhood | D.community |
10. A.takes apart | B.lays out | C.pushes aside | D.burns down |
11. A.sleep | B.rest | C.dinner | D.class |
12. A.arrangements | B.decorations | C.preparations | D.contributions |
13. A.essential | B.particular | C.avoidable | D.evident |
14. A.anxious | B.concerned | C.serious | D.disappointed |
15. A.practise | B.perform | C.create | D.imagine |
16. A.flexibly | B.awkwardly | C.silently | D.eagerly |
17. A.in relief | B.with patience | C.with hesitation | D.in surprise |
18. A.appreciated | B.admired | C.adored | D.inspired |
19. A.regret | B.joy | C.pain | D.responsibility |
20. A.alarmed | B.benefited | C.reminded | D.promised |