I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling(旋转)around and around and hearing people applaud for me.When I was young, I would twirl in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my 1 .For hours I would dance 2 people were watching me. 3 woke me up when I heard a voice saying,“I don't know why you 4 trying to dance.Ballerinas are pretty, slender little girls. 5 , you don't have the talent to 6 be a ballerina." I remember how those words paralyzed(使瘫痪)every 7 in my body.I fell to the ground and wept for hours.
We lived in the country by a nearby lake and I would sometimes go there to hide I enjoyed 8 by the water.I would sit there for hours and stare at my 9 .There I was, looked 10 like a pretty ballerina dancer.Reflections don't 11 .Once the waves would come, my reflection was 12 , washed away just like my 13 .I sat there staring at the water, hoping that my reflection would reappear and be 14 .
As I grew older, I began to realize that the dream I had was never 15 , so it slowly died.It's not that I wanted it to die, 16 I allow it to die the day I started listening to the words."You can't do it." When I 17 woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can't just keep 18 in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the 19 .I still go to the lake sometimes and sit there.Looking at my reflection is different now too.When I was young, I looked at how others saw me, now that I am older and 20 ; I look at how God sees me.
It was a cool October evening.Excitement and family members 1 the hall.I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of 2 .Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would 3 all my hard work in a dance of performance.Everything would be 4 -so I thought.I waited backstage all 5 in my black tights with a golden belt.In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies 6 that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the 7 .All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box.I really was an 8 move.I was concentrating so much 9 the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look 10 I was going.I missed my partner's box altogether and 11 .There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes.I could hear giggles(咯咯笑)coming from the audience, and I felt the 12 rush to my face.I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not 13 .” I did my best to follow her 14 as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my 15 for the evening.I 16 bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face.I ran backstage, but no one could 17 me down.
Recently I realized I had been a 18 that night.I was 19 , but I fought the urge to run off the stage. 20 , I finished the routine with a smile on my face.Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for me.When I was young, I would twirl in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my 1 .For hours I would dance 2 people were watching me. 3 woke me up when I heard a voice saying, “I don’t know why you 4 trying to dance.Ballerinas are pretty, slender little girls. 5 , you don’t have the talent to 6 be a ballerina.” I remember how those words paralyzed(使瘫痪)every 7 in my body.I fell to the ground and wept for hours.
We lived in the country by a nearby lake and I would sometimes go there to hide.I enjoyed 8 by the water.I would sit there for hours and stare at my 9 .There I was, looked 10 like a pretty ballerina dancer.Reflections don’t 11 .Once the waves would come, my reflection was 12 , washed away just like my 13 .I sat there staring at the water, hoping that my reflection would reappear and be 14 .
As I grew older, I began to realize that the dream I had was never 15 , so it slowly died.It’s not that I wanted it to die, 16 I allow it to die the day I started listening to the words, “You can’t do it.” When I 17 woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can’t just keep 18 in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the 19 .I still go to the lake sometimes and sit there.Looking at my reflection is different now too.When I was young, I looked at how others saw me, now that I am older and 20 ; I look at how God sees me.
I'm simple when it comes to clothes.I never wear skirts or shorts which end above my knees.That is my 1 .
The other day, I went shopping with my mother.At a shop, I saw a fashionable 2 , too short to cover the knees, specially designed for young girls.It looked like something one of those 3 schoolgirls would wear.
The skirt cost $10.I 4 my purse, and I had enough money.I 5 walking into school and my friends' jaw dropping.Boys would ask me out, and it would make me 6 .Then I showed it to my mother.She got very 7 but said it was my decision.I could buy it-no, I should buy it.
So, I went into the 8 room to try it on.I was so sure that the skirt would 9 me, somehow making me not what I was 10 what I wished to be.I took my jeans off and put he skirt on.I looked in the 11 .There I was-a funny girl in a superman T-shirt and sports shoes.My glasses fogged(变得模糊)up as I started to 12 .
The skirt did not change me anyway. 13 it fit well and might make me look 14 in the eyes of today's world, it was not me.I am not a girl who 15 cool clothes just to fit in.
I took the skirt off and 16 my own jeans.My mom knocked on the 17 .“Emily, are you okay?” she asked.
I 18 my tears away and said, “I'm fine.” When I looked in the mirror 19 , I saw a beautiful slim girl with old-fashioned glasses and a ponytail(马尾辫).I knew for sure it was the 20 me.
Hi, there! I’m Crystal Collins and I’m very happy to share some time with you.So, you want to keep fit, huh? Well, you surely came to the right place.Together we can keep fit and healthy and succeed in doing that.It’s easy.Everybody can do it, you hear? Just remember the five golden rules.
Number one:Always wear comfortable clothes when you are exercising.You need to feel comfortable and relaxed(放松).
Number two:You should always do some warming-up exercise first, to get your body ready for the real thing.
Number three:Never try to do too much exercise too soon.Take it nice and easy now, you hear? There’s no rush about this.
Number four:Don’t forget to relax for about five minutes when you’ve finished your exercise.You need to rest a little bit after you’ve been exercising.
And here is the golden rule number five.Stop at once if you feel any pain in your neck, head or any part of your body.
(1)
Crystal Collins may most probably be ________.
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A.
an artist
B.
a teacher
C.
a policewoman
D.
a scientist
(2)
The students may most probably be people ________.
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A.
who are ill
B.
who are not interested in taking exercise
C.
who are Crystal Collins’ good friends
D.
who want to be healthier
(3)
Crystal Collins may most probably say this ________.
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A.
before the exercise starts
B.
when the exercise is over
C.
during the exercise
D.
as soon as the exercise has started
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A.
You should do some warming-up exercise before the real thing.
B.
You should wear comfortable clothes.
C.
You should rest for a while when you are doing warming-up exercise.
D.
You should stop if you feel any pain in your body.