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[2020·ºÏ·ÊÊиßÈýµÚÈý´Î½ÌѧÖÊÁ¿¼ì²â]Music is something I could never live without. As a little kid, singing and trying out for the school play really made me __1__. There was nothing that could keep me away from my __2__ until middle school.

Every eighth grader who wanted to be in the middle school show choir __3__ the audition (ÊÔ³ª) for a program. When it was my __4__ to enter the room, I got very __5__ — my throat was dry and my heart raced. The audition __6__ like this: the introduction, the song of choice and the range check — the choir director played a note on the piano which I had to __7__. Before I knew it, the audition was over. I felt nothing but __8__£¬ for the vibrato (²üÒô) was amazing and I also hit every __9__.

Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into the show choir was posted. When I was __10__ the show choir list, I found my name. __11__£¬ this wasn't what I had expected.

“Angelica — alternate (ºò²¹Õß)£®”

An alternate? Was my audition that __12__£¿ I thought to myself. After I saw this, my __13__ disappeared. My outside showed I wasn't __14__ but on the inside my whole world had broken up. I had no __15__ of taking the show choir at all.

A year later, one day I was at a restaurant that held karaoke to the customers. My parents begged me to go up and sing. I said no at first but finally I got enough __16__ to go up. It made me __17__ at the beginning, but I started off my song and gained more confidence as I continued. When I hit the high notes in “I know I'm not the only one”£¬ the people eating cheered for me. I __18__ I hadn't got into one program but that did not mean I had to give up all hope, and that I __19__ had that passion. The lesson I learned was if you are __20__ or do not get the outcome you want, and it is something you're in love with, don't give up.

1£®A.stressed  B£®quiet

C£®confused  D£®happy

2£®A.adventure  B£®curiosity

C£®passion  D£®sympathy

3£®A.attended  B£®held

C£®passed  D£®abandoned

4£®A.duty  B£®privilege

C£®habit  D£®turn

5£®A.calm  B£®touched

C£®nervous  D£®angry

6£®A.ended  B£®went

C£®occurred  D£®changed

7£®A.match  B£®take

C£®learn  D£®review

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C£®regret  D£®pain

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C£®post  D£®wall

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C£®taking down  D£®looking through

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C£®However  D£®Instead

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C£®independence  D£®confidence

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C£®serious  D£®grateful

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C£®luck  D£®permission

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