The turning point of my life was my decision to give
up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sharing my
love of music, didn’t __36__ it as a profession. My grandfather, having
taught music for years at college and, though much __37__, earned merely
enough to support his family. As a result of this _38___in the family, I
went to college -----quite __39__, for although I loved my violin and
spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other _40___. Before
my graduation from Columbia, I felt _41___my duty to leave college and
take a job. Aside from the satisfaction of being able to ___42__the
family, money is all I got out of it. My only ambition was to save enough to _43___
the job and go to Europe to study __44___. I used to get up at dawn to
practice_45__ I left for “downtown “to work. . I continued to make
money, and _46__, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to ___47_.
The situation of my family improved, and my help was _48___necessary,
so I resigned from my __49__and, feeling like a man released from jail,
sailed for _50___. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever
dreamed of working before and _51___every minute of it. I was a _52__man
and I was doing what I__53__ to do and what I was meant to do. If I had
stayed in business, I might be a quite wealthy man today, __54__ I
wouldn’t have made a success of living . I would have _55__all those
that money can never buy.
Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay
too high price on it.
1. A.receive B.accept C.refuse D.keep
2. A.respected B.hated C.doubted D.scolded
3. A.excuse B.chance C.promise D.example
4. A.happily B.sadly C.hopelessly D.nervously
5. A.interests B.pities C.experiments D.problems
6. A.this B.that C.it D.one
7. A.question B.help C.warn D.visit
8. A.give up B.give in C.go on D.throw away
9. A.computer B.law C.history D.music
10. A.after B.in case C.before D.the moment
11. A.firstly B.finally C.generally D.lately
12. A.go back B.go home C.go abroad D.go down
13. A.no longer B.of course C.in fact D.much too
14. A.position B.college C.home D.friends
15. A.Asia B.Europe C.Africa D.North America
16. A.wasted B.lost C.forgot D.enjoyed
17. A.native B.free C.wise D.weak
18. A.repeated B.offered C.loved D.signed
19. A.so B.and C.but D.for
20. A.missed B.gained C.achieved D.won