1. A. will　　　　　　 B. strength　　 　　　　C. voice　　　　　　 D. determination

20. C 句意为“跟其他人一样，我也经常觉得不安，不知道我是谁，不知道将来会发生什么”。故答案选 C。

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I close my eyes and can still hear her-the little girl with a ___1___ so strong and powerful we could hear her halfway down the block. She was a(n)　 ___2___ peasant who asked for money and ___3___ gave the only thing she had--her voice. I paused outside a small shop and listened. She brought to my mind the ___4___ of Little Orphan Annie. I could not understand the words she ___5___, but her voice begged for ___6___. It stood out from the noises of Arbat Street, pure and impressive, like the chime of a bell. She sang ___7___ an old-style lamp post in the shadow of a building, her arms extended and ___8___ thrown back. She was small and of unremarkable looks. Her brown hair ___9___ the bun(发髻) it had been pulled into, and she occasionally reached up to ___10___ a stray piece from her face. Her clothing I can’t recall. Her voice, on the other hand, is ___11___ imprinted in my mind.

I asked one of the translators about the girl. Elaina told me that she and hundreds of others like her throughout the ___12___ Soviet Union add to their families’ income by working on the streets. The children are unable to ___13___ school, and their parents work fulltime. These children know that the consequence of an ___14___ day is no food for the table. Similar situations occurred during the Depression(萧条) in the United States, but those American children were ___15___ shoeshine boys of the ___16___. This girl was real to me. 　　

When we walked past her I gave her money. It was not out of pity ___17___ rather admiration. Her smile of ___18___ did not interrupt her singing. The girl watched us as we walked down the street. I know this because when I looked back she smiled again. We ___19___ that smile, and I knew I could never forget her courage and ___20___ strength.

19. D　 cruelly 意为“残忍地”，tensely 意为“紧张地”，friendly 意为“友好的”，mildly 意为“温柔地”。故答案选 D。

17. A / 18. A 句意为“我能够在一个很少有人(尤其女孩)能胜任的领域里很成功，这让我觉得自己很独特，让我很自豪”。故答案选 A。

16.C elbow 意为“肘”。be up to the elbow in 意为“埋头于，专心于”，out at elbows 意为“衣衫褴褛的；贫困的”。故答案选 C。　

15. B doubt 表示“怀疑其无”，suspect 表示“怀疑其有”。句意为“我估计没有别的女孩愿意在满是绳索和灰尘的梯子上工作，而我却非常喜欢”。故答案选 B。

14. D relatively 意为“相对地，比较地”，absolutely 意为“绝对地，完全地”。根据下文可知应选 D。句意为“我非常喜欢在后台工作，还有上台表演”。

12.C / 13. A 这是一个意义上发生转折的并列分句。句意为“紧张是肯定的，但是也很刺激，很让人兴奋，不是那种与众不同的孤单的感觉”。

11. D 句意为“我所担心的和来自外界的压力都被制止了”，故答案选D。

10. B 根据前文的提示 people are judging me 可知答案选 B。