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Inspiration
"Mama, when I grow up, I'm going to be one of those!" I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing
Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my __
1__ took on a vivid form and acted
as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was __
2__ to more, my interests in the
world of dance __
3__ varied but that little girl's dream of someday becoming a __
4__ in the company
never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream
a __
5__; I became a member of the company __
6__ back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely __
7__ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of
pleasant disbelief __
8__ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually __
9__
to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely __
10__. I remember shaking with
excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of __
11__.
Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to __
12__ up the material
fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme __
13__ to detail (细节) and stress on practice
that set us __
14__. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals __
15__ a busy show schedule of up to
five performances a day, I discovered a new __
16__ of the words "hard work." What I thought were
my physical __
17__ were pushed much further than I thought __
18__. I learned to make each
performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great __
19__ of being a part of, not
only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a __
20__ that has inspired not only generations of little
girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow
their dreams.
( )1. A. hobby ( )2. A. connected ( )3. A. rarely ( )4. A. director ( )5. A. symbol ( )6. A. bouncing ( )7. A. lacks ( )8. A. while ( )9. A. Cared ( )10. A. motivated ( )11. A. challenges ( )12. A. put ( )13. A. Attention ( )14. A. apart ( )15. A. over ( )16. A. function ( )17. A. boundaries ( )18. A. necessary ( )19. A. talent ( )20. A. victory |
B. plan B. expanded B. certainly B. trainer B. memory B. dating B. adds B. since B. Expected B. relaxed B. profits B. mix B. association B. aside B. by B. meaning B. problems B. perfect B. honor B. trend |
C. dream C. exposed C. probably C. leader C. truth C. turning C. makes C. until C. Asked C. convinced C. advantages C. build C. attraction C. off C. with C. expression C. barriers C. proper C. potential C. tradition |
D. word D. extended D. consistently D. dancer D. reality D. tracking D. brings D. when D. Decided D. astonished D. adventures D. pick D. adaptation D. back D. beyond D. usage D. efforts D. possible D. responsibility D. desire |