14.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 (16)Dwas more manageable,I(17)Bten years as a professional singer in restaurants,playing and singing folk songs.(18)Cthat was years ago and times have changed.(19)AI live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago,I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to(20)Bmy disability pension(贱疾抚恤金).(21)Bneeded to sleep in the afternoons,I was limited in my(22)C.I decided that I would consider(23)Dto singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians,so I was(24)Awhen 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 (25)Ato get started.And(26)Dyou find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can(27)Ause.
When I told the owner of the shop about my(28)C,he gave me a long; thoughtful(29)C."This means a lot to you.doesn't it'?"he said."Come with me."
He led me(30)Dthe crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it.He placed his large hand (31)Bon his treasure and said;'I have 800 karaoke songs in here.You can take your(32)Aand I'll record them for you.That should get you started."
I(33)DThanking him,I made a time with him to listen to all.the songs
and choose(34)Bthat I could sing.I have come full circle with his help.
His(35)Cstill warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra,which I have the chance.
Music has always been a great love of mine and,in my 20s,when my (16)Dwas more manageable,I(17)Bten years as a professional singer in restaurants,playing and singing folk songs.(18)Cthat was years ago and times have changed.(19)AI live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago,I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to(20)Bmy disability pension(贱疾抚恤金).(21)Bneeded to sleep in the afternoons,I was limited in my(22)C.I decided that I would consider(23)Dto singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians,so I was(24)Awhen 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 (25)Ato get started.And(26)Dyou find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can(27)Ause.
When I told the owner of the shop about my(28)C,he gave me a long; thoughtful(29)C."This means a lot to you.doesn't it'?"he said."Come with me."
He led me(30)Dthe crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it.He placed his large hand (31)Bon his treasure and said;'I have 800 karaoke songs in here.You can take your(32)Aand I'll record them for you.That should get you started."
I(33)DThanking him,I made a time with him to listen to all.the songs
and choose(34)Bthat I could sing.I have come full circle with his help.
His(35)Cstill warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra,which I have the chance.
16.A.loneliness | B.sadness | C.tiredness | D.sickness |
17.A.set | B.enjoyed | C.kept | D.shared |
18.A Gladly | B.Eventually | C.Unfortunately | D.Surprisingly |
19.A.Now | B.Then | C.Sometime | D.Meanwhile |
20.A.add up to | B.make up for | C.get rid of | D.take advantage of |
2l.A.lf | B.As | C.Though | D.Before |
22.A.movement | B.condition | C.choices | D.positions |
23.A.reaching out | B.living up | C.getting on | D.going back |
24.A.recognized | B.interviewed | C.found | D.invited |
25.A.money | B.time | C.energy | D.knowledge |
26.A.thus | B.once | C.seldom | D.often |
27.A.actually | B.hardly | C.nearly | D.formerly |
28.A.job | B.family | C.idea | D.offer |
29.A.face | B.view | C.look | D:sight |
30.A.over | B.along | C.towards | D.through |
31.A.unhappily | B.lovingly | C.pitifully | D.gratefully |
32.A.pick | B.turn | C.role | D.step |
33.A.had to cry | B.ought to cry | C.should have cried | D.could have cried |
34.A.more | B.the ones | C.few | D.the rest |
35.A.courage | B.devotion | C.kindness | D.trust. |
10.Of course,she wasn't really my aunt and,out of fear,I never called her that to her face.I only (21)D to her as"My Aunt Fannie"because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look (22)Bat both of us-at me for being (23)Cof my elder and at my father for (24)Amy bad behavior.I (25)D both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman,my mother had worked in the (26)B of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother,Farnsworth.They represented the (27)Cof the Cratty line.Neither had married (28)Ahad any living heirs(继承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too (29)Dto share their family wealth.During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever(30)Bby anyone in Glenfield.She was noted for her jam and for never (31)A the recipe with anyone else.(32)Cmy mother knew the recipe by heart,as long as Aunt Fannie was alive,she (33)B made the jam without Ms.Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year,after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a (34)A and then made me promise that I would never spend it."(35)C this quarter,"she said,"and some day you will be rich.I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather."It had obviously (36)D for her.So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie.In people's eye Aunt Fannie's (37)Bwas attributed to that secret recipe.But to me,it was just a (38)Drecipe.However,I keep them as (39)Cto hold firmly the valuable things in life.Money can make you feel rich for a while,but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy.And that is a (40)Bthat anyone can build.
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As a young woman,my mother had worked in the (26)B of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother,Farnsworth.They represented the (27)Cof the Cratty line.Neither had married (28)Ahad any living heirs(继承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too (29)Dto share their family wealth.During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever(30)Bby anyone in Glenfield.She was noted for her jam and for never (31)A the recipe with anyone else.(32)Cmy mother knew the recipe by heart,as long as Aunt Fannie was alive,she (33)B made the jam without Ms.Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year,after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a (34)A and then made me promise that I would never spend it."(35)C this quarter,"she said,"and some day you will be rich.I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather."It had obviously (36)D for her.So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie.In people's eye Aunt Fannie's (37)Bwas attributed to that secret recipe.But to me,it was just a (38)Drecipe.However,I keep them as (39)Cto hold firmly the valuable things in life.Money can make you feel rich for a while,but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy.And that is a (40)Bthat anyone can build.
21.A.called | B.thought | C.regarded | D.referred |
22.A.coldly | B.severely | C.delightedly | D.politely |
23.A.disappointed | B.disagreeable | C.disrespectful | D.dissatisfied |
24.A.encouraging | B.scolding | C.forcing | D.pushing |
25.A.hated | B.respected | C.treated | D.enjoyed |
26.A.barn | B.kitchen | C.yard | D.garden |
27.A.beginning | B.start | C.end | D.glory |
28.A.nor | B.and | C.but | D.yet |
29.A.proud | B.generous | C.strict | D.mean |
30.A.seen | B.tasted | C.cooked | D.sold |
31.A.sharing | B.telling | C.selling | D.giving |
32.A.As though | B.As if | C.Even though | D.Even if |
33.A.ever | B.never | C.still | D.yet |
34.A.quarter | B.bill | C.note | D.cheque |
35.A.Hold back | B.Hold up | C.Hold onto | D.Hold out |
36.A.mattered | B.failed | C.succeeded | D.worked |
37.A.sorrow | B.success | C.schedule | D.signature |
38.A.usual | B.normal | C.ordinary | D.common |
39.A.regulations | B.reflections | C.reminders | D.rewards |
40.A.future | B.fortune | C.fantasy | D.favor |