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Alice always wanted to be a singer.Music was the most important thing in her life.To tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, practised every day, but in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve.Honestly, it didn't get better, it just got louder.
Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert.She knew it would be terrible and it was.She didn't want to tell a lie but she didn't want to hurt Alice's feeling either.Finally, she got an idea and went to the backstage(后台)to greet her pupil.
“Well,”said Alice, “what did you think of my singing?”
“My dear,”said the teacher, “you'll never be better than you were tonight.”
(1) Alice wanted to be a singer because she ________.
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A.was good at singing
B.was most interested in music
C.could do nothing but sing
D.had a good teacher
(2) Alice's teacher stopped the lessons because ________.
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A.Alice's voice become louder and louder
B.Alice didn't work hard enough
C.Alice was so proud and wouldn't listen to her
D.Alice didn't make any improvement in singing
(3) What made Alice decide to give a concert?
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A.She was sure that she could sing beautifully.
B.She wanted to prove that her teacher was wrong.
C.She wanted to please her teacher.
D.Somebody else wanted her to do so.
(4) What is really meant by saying, “You'll never be better than you were tonight.”?
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A.You won't make any improvement in future.
B.You gave a wonderful concert tonight.
C.You have never sung so well before.
D.You did much better before than tonight.
(5) If Alice's teacher had told a lie, she might have said, “________”.
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A.I don't like the concert
B.You have made no progress
C.Your concert tonight is excellent
D.The concert tonight is terrible