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It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members
1 the hall. I was only a 7-yearold girl,
but I was the center of
2 . Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would
3 all my hard work in a dance
performance. Everything would be
4 -so I thought. I waited backstage all
5 in my black tights with a
golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies
6 that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the
7 . All I had to
do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really
was an
8 move. I was concentrating so much on
9 the huge smile on my face and holding my head up
that I did not look
10 I was going. I missed my partner's box altogether and
11 . There I was standing on
the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles (咯咯笑) coming from
the audience, and I felt the
12 rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, "If you make
a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not
13 ", I did my best to follow her
14 as I continued with the
routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my
15 for the evening. I
16 bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears
that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could
17 me down.
Recently I realized I had been a
18 that night. I was
19 , but I fought the urge to run off the stage.
20 ,
I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped
during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
( )1. A. filled ( )2. A. pressure ( )3. A. take over ( )4. A. reasonable ( )5. A. dressed up ( )6. A. suggested ( )7. A. music ( )8. A. easy ( )9. A. containing ( )10. A. why ( )11. A. wandered ( )12. A. blood ( )13. A. leave ( )14. A. gesture ( )15. A. doubts ( )16. A.argued ( )17. A. turn ( )18. A. star ( )19. A. satisfied ( )20. A. However |
B. visited B. impression B. show off B. suitable B. folded up B. explained B. audience B. active B. hiding B. whether B. slipped B. pleasure B. cheer B. example B. hopes B. shouted B. calm B. pioneer B. moved B. Instead |
C. attended C. debate C. look after C. obvious C. covered up C. announced C. curtain C. adventurous C. sharing C. where C. waved C. pride C. believe C. advice C. voice C. begged C. let C. loser C. embarrassed C. In total |
D. decorated D. attention D. give up D. perfect D. mixed up D. predicted D. stage D. extra D. keeping D. what D. skipped D. tear D. notice D. plan D. patience D. sobbed D. put D. fool D. confused D. In return |