My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon. I tried as hard as I could to remain 36 , but I had an empty feeling in my stomach. I stared down at my sweat covered, 37 hands. I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were 38 people. They were not just my mum and dad, who 39 say, "Good job!" even if I messed up the entire piece. What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes? As it 40 , I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was 41 for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat. Slowly I walked to the mulberry piano in the 42 of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played．I swallowed the golf ball-sized lump（隆起的） in my throat and sat down. 43 , I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys. As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more 44 of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my year of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece 45 that I could play it backwards if 46 . Although at one point I accidentally played two keys 47 the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically （自动的）. My eyes burned holes into the page in front of me. There was no 48 that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this promise to myself, I leaned 49 and focused carefully on the music. 50 1 came to the end of the page, a warning 51 inside my head: DON' T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE! Needless to say, I 52 myself with all my heart and mind．And, proud of my "page- turning" feat（技艺） I finished the 53 of the piece without making a single mistake. After the final note died away, a celebration went into action 54 my head.1 had finished.I had mastered （征服）the
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36. A.unknown | B. still | C. calm | D. quiet |
37. A. shaking | B. moving | C. waving | D. wandering |
38. A. true | B. real | C. young | D. old |
39. A. will | B. can | C. could | D. would |
40. A. turned out | B. turned up | C. turned back | D．turned down |
41. A. looking | B. searching | C. expecting | D. waiting |
42. A. comer | B. cross | C. center | D. passage |
43. A. Slowly | B. Happily | C. Quickly | D. Suddenly |
44. A. sure | B. unsure | C. certain | D. confident |
45. A. so much time | B. so hardly | C. such a lot of time | D. so many times |
46. A. requested | B. told | C. demanded | D．ordered |
47. A. in spite of | B. instead of | C. in the way of | D. in the shape of |
48. A. way | B. need | C. use | D. sense |
49. A. backward | B. forward | C. upward | D. downward |
50. A. Then | B. Next | C. When | D. While |
51. A. appeared | B. had | C. raised | D. went |
52. A. told | B. asked | C．obeyed | D．refused |
53. A. other | B. part | C. left | D. rest |
54. A. inside | B. outside | C. out of | D. on |
55. A. musical | B. piece | C. impossible | D. possible |