完形填空。
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 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 |