Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my  1 was more manageable , I 2  ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.  3  that was years ago and times have changed.  4  I live with mother on a country farm

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to  5 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金).  6 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my  7  . I decided that I would consider 8  to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was  9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of  10  to get started. And 11  you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can  12  use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my  13  ; he gave me a long thoughtful   14  . “This means a lot to you, doesn’ t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me  15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I  18  . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose  19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His  20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1. A. loneliness       B. sadness          C. tiredness         D. sickness

2. A. set           B. enjoyed           C. kept            D. shared

3. A. Gladly          B. Eventually         C. Unfortunately      D. Surprisingly

4. A. Now           B. Then           C. Sometime         D. Meanwhile

5. A. add up to     B. make up for     C. get rid of      D. take advantage of

6. A. If             B. As            C. Though         D. Before

7. A. movement      B. condition         C. choices          D. positions

8. A. reaching out   B. living up          C. getting on         D. going back

9. A. recognized      B. interviewed        C. found            D. invited

10. A. money            B. time             C. energy D. knowledge

11. A. thus          B. once             C. seldom           D. often

12. A. actually        B. hardly            C. nearly            D. formerly

13. A. job           B. family            C. idea            D. offer

14. A. face          B. view             C. look             D. sight

15. A. over          B. along            C. towards          D. through

16. A. unhappily      B. lovingly          C. pitifully           D. gratefully

17. A. pick          B. turn             C. role             D. step

18. A. had to cry B. ought to cry C. should have cried   D. could have cried

19. A. more         B. the ones          C. few             D. the rest

20. A. courage        B. devotion          C. kindness          D. trust

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