18.When my sister Diane began playing the violin,she was seven.How did she sound?Terrible.But she didn't(41)C.At twelve,she asked our parents if she could(42)A a full-time music school.They said no.Actually,everyone agreed that my sister(43)B talent.
I was better at my(44)D.My teacher had told my parents that I had great(45)D.So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to(46)B me.But the only time he was(47)A was Saturday afternoons at 3 P.m.Back then,I was(48)C about the British TV show"The Avengers",which was(49)Devery Saturday at 3 P.p.m.I let nothing take up my"Avengers"hour.So I(50)A this amazing opportunity.Today,I don't even have a(51)C in my house.
My sister became an engineer,but she(52)C stopped making music.When she was in her 40s,she switched(53)B.She went back to college,got a(54)Ain 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(55)D.
Recently,she and a pianist pal put on a recital.A big crowd of friends and family(56)D for her.As she played,I looked around at the(57)A.Everyone was(58)Cenjoying the music.It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly(59)B sounds and knew how far she had come,despite(60)B.
Talent is important.But enthusiasm is even more important.
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I was better at my(44)D.My teacher had told my parents that I had great(45)D.So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to(46)B me.But the only time he was(47)A was Saturday afternoons at 3 P.m.Back then,I was(48)C about the British TV show"The Avengers",which was(49)Devery Saturday at 3 P.p.m.I let nothing take up my"Avengers"hour.So I(50)A this amazing opportunity.Today,I don't even have a(51)C in my house.
My sister became an engineer,but she(52)C stopped making music.When she was in her 40s,she switched(53)B.She went back to college,got a(54)Ain 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(55)D.
Recently,she and a pianist pal put on a recital.A big crowd of friends and family(56)D for her.As she played,I looked around at the(57)A.Everyone was(58)Cenjoying the music.It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly(59)B sounds and knew how far she had come,despite(60)B.
Talent is important.But enthusiasm is even more important.
41.A.admit | B.advance | C.quit | D.improve |
42.A.attend | B.join | C.leave | D.visit |
43.A.admired | B.lacked | C.had | D.instrument |
44.A.major | B.project | C.composition | D.instrument |
45.A.ambition | B.patience | C.enthusiasm | D.potential |
46.A.examine | B.train | C.correct | D.challenge |
47.A.available | B.punctual | C.crazy | D.particular |
48.A.sensitive | B.serious | C.crazy | D.particular |
49.A.aired | B.filmed | C.designed | D.commented |
50.A.grasped | B.valued | C.waited for | D.turned down |
51.A.book | B.play | C.piano | D.violin |
52.A.already | B.even | C.never | D.once |
53.A.attitudes | B.careers | C.plans | D.positions |
54.A.degree | B.chance | C.scholarship | D.sponsor |
55.A.expected | B.provided | C.imagined | D.received |
56.A.paid off | B.showed off | C.stayed up | D.turned up |
57.A.audience | B.students | C.spotlights | D.platform |
58.A.appropriately | B.anxiously | C.obviously | D.desperately |
59.A.sweet | B.awful | C.powerful | D.unique |
60.A.everybody | B.everything | C.something | D.somebody |