WhenmysisterDianebeganplayingtheviolin,shewasseven.Howd...
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When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ___21____. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could ____22___ a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister ___23_____ talent.
I was better at my __24_____. My teacher had told my parents that I had great ____25____. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ____26___ me. But the only time he was __27_____was Saturday afternoons at 3 P. m. Back then, I was ___28____ about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was ___29___ every Saturday at 3 P. p. m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour . So I ___30____ this amazing opportunity. Today, I don’t even have a _31_____ in my house.
My sister became an engineer, but she __32_____stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched (轉換)___33____. She went back to college, got a __34_____ 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 ___35____.
Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital(音樂獨奏會). A big crowd of friends and family _36______ for her. As she played, I looked around at the ____37___. Everyone was ___38____enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly ___39____ sounds and knew how far she had come, despite __40_____.
Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.
21.A. admit B. advance C. quit(停止) D. improve
22.A. attend B. join C. leave D. visit
23.A. admired B. lacked(缺乏) C. had D. instrument(儀器)
24.A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument
25.A. ambition(雄心 ) B. patience C. enthusiasm D. potential(潛力)
26.A. examine B. train C. Correct D. challenge
27.A. available(有空的)B. punctual(守時的) C. skillful D. occupied
28.A. sensitive B. serious C. crazy D. particular
29.A. aired(播送)B. filmed C. Designed D. commented評論
30.A. grasped B. valued C. waited for D. turned down
31.A. book B. play C. piano D. violin
32.A. already B. even C. never D. once
33.A. attitudes B. careers(職業)C. plans D. positions
34.A. degree B. chance C. scholarship D. sponsor贊助商
35.A. expected B. provided C. imagined D. received
36.A. paid off B. showed off C. stayed up D. turned up
37.A. audience B. students C. spotlights D. platform
38.A. appropriately(適當地)B. anxiously C. obviously D. desperately絕望地
39.A. sweet B. awful C. powerful D. unique
40.A. everybody B. everything C. something D. somebody
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