When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t _________. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could _________ a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister __________ talent.

I was better at my _________. My teacher had told my parents that I had great __________. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to _________ me. But the only time he was _________was Saturday afternoons at 3 P. m. Back then, I was _________ about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was ________ every Saturday at 3 P. p. m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour . So I _________ this amazing opportunity. Today, I don’t even have a ________ in my house.

My sister became an engineer, but she _________stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched (轉(zhuǎn)換)_________. She went back to college, got a _________ in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never _________.

Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital(音樂(lè)獨(dú)奏會(huì)). A big crowd of friends and family _________ for her. As she played, I looked around at the _________. Everyone was _________enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly _________ sounds and knew how far she had come, despite _________.

Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.

1.A. admit B. advance C. quit(停止) D. improve

2.A. attend B. join C. leave D. visit

3.A. admired B. lacked(缺乏) C. had D. instrument(儀器)

4.A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument

5.A. ambition(雄心 ) B. patience C. enthusiasm D. potential(潛力)

6.A. examine B. train C. Correct D. challenge

7.A. available(有空的) B. punctual(守時(shí)的) C. skillful D. occupied

8.A. sensitive B. serious C. crazy D. particular

9.A. aired(播送) B. filmed C. Designed D. commented評(píng)論

10.A. grasped B. valued C. waited for D. turned down

11.A. book B. play C. piano D. violin

12.A. already B. even C. never D. once

13.A. attitudes B. careers(職業(yè)) C. plans D. positions

14.A. degree B. chance C. scholarship D. sponsor贊助商

15.A. expected B. provided C. imagined D. received

16.A. paid off B. showed off C. stayed up D. turned up

17.A. audience B. students C. spotlights D. platform

18.A. appropriately(適當(dāng)?shù)兀?B. anxiously C. obviously D. desperately絕望地

19.A. sweet B. awful C. powerful D. unique

20.A. everybody B. everything C. something D. somebody

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