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Although I love my life, it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my__
1__ was more manageable,
I __
2__ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.__
3__ that was
years ago and times have changed.__
4__I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to__
5__ my disability
pension (残疾抚恤金). __
6__ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my __
7__.I decided
that I would consider __
8__to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was__
9__ when I went into our local music store.I explained that I
wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music.I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of __
10__ to get started.And__
11__ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a
disc that you can __
12__use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my __
13__, he gave me a long, thoughtful __
14__."This
means a lot to you, doesn't it?" he said."Come with me."
He led me __
15__the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it.He
placed his large hand __
16__ on his treasure and said, "I have 800 karaoke songs in here.You can take
your __
17__and I'll record them for you.That should get you started."
I __
18__.Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose__
19__ that I
could sing.I have come full circle with his help.
His __
20__ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
( )1. A. loneliness ( )2. A. set ( )3. A. Gladly ( )4. A. Now ( )5. A. add up to ( )6. A. If ( )7. A. movement ( )8. A. reaching out ( )9. A. recognized ( )10. A. money ( )11. A. thus ( )12. A. actually ( )13. A. job ( )14. A. face ( )15. A. over ( )16. A. unhappily ( )17. A. pick ( )18. A. had to cry ( )19. A. more ( )20. A. courage |
B. sadness B. enjoyed B. Eventually B. Then B. make up for B. As B. condition B. living up B. interviewed B. time B. once B. hardly B. family B. view B. along B. lovingly B. turn B. ought to cry B. the ones B. devotion |
C. tiredness C. kept C. Unfortunately C. Sometime C. get rid of C. Though C. choices C. getting on C. found C. energy C. seldom C. nearly C. idea C. look C. towards C. pitifully C. role C. should have cried C. few C. kindness |
D. sickness D. shared D. Surprisingly D. Meanwhile D. take advantage of D. Before D. positions D. going back D. invited D. knowledge D. often D. formerly D. offer D. sight D. through D. gratefully D. step D. could have cried D. the rest D. trust |