题目内容：

    At 15, I had started a band with three mates I'd met at the local rehearsal (排练)rooms.We played our first performance at a pub in Bolton. We were ______ , but the crowd didn't seem to mind,and after a few more local concerts, we recorded some songs and we started to ______.We sent out hundreds of demo(样本)tapes in ______ of our favourite band, the Manics. After finishing my high school, we drove to London to play at the Dublin Castle. Only five people ______.

But we persevered(坚持) and slowly things began to ______. Two years after our first performance, we ______ a record deal. We ______ endlessly for the next two years and built up a small but ______ following. At the end of 2002, the Manics ______ us to play with them. My teenage dreams had come true, the band I looked up to seemed to ______ of us.

We ______ performing in New York, and to 5,000 people at the Fuji Rock festival in Japan. There's no greater ______ than the moment you step on stage. The lights darken, the crowd swells (波浪起伏) and they ______ in applause as you finish.

Our album was ______ in 2003. Unfortunately, no one bought the thing. ______, I think that was about right. ______ I' m extremely proud of the music we produced, we were riding a wave of hype(天花乱坠的宣传) we could ______ live up to. Our record company quietly ______ us and, as quickly as it had started, my time in a band was over. We ______ peacefully on the day it was released. We even had a"last supper"to mark our demise(停业).

The band had ______ everything. My old school welcomed me back and I worked harder and was finally admitted to Oxford University at the grand old age of 21.

1.A. troublesome B. thrilled C. hopeful D. terrible

2.A. hesitate B. succeed C. dream D. qualify

3.A. imitation B. favour C. charge D. celebration

4.A. dropped out B. turned up C. dived in D. passed by

5.A. catch on B. take off C. pick up D. get round

6.A. declined B. lost C. expected D. signed

7.A. practiced B. studied C. toured D. waited

8.A. separated B. devoted C. concerned D. relieved

9.A. persuaded B. required C. reminded D. invited

10.A. approve B. tire C. hear D. think

11.A. gave up B. ended up C. put off D. insisted on

12.A. risk B. pain C. loss D. rush

13.A. erupt B. gather C. squeeze D. withdraw

14.A. preserved B. released C. displayed D. evaluated

15.A. Looking forward B. Looking down C. Looking back D. Looking up

16.A. Though B. Since C. Unless D. Before

17.A. actually B. somehow C. always D. never

18.A. betrayed B. dropped C. impressed D. sponsored

19.A. split up B. hung around C. moved away D. broke down

20.A. experienced B. disturbed C. changed D. replaced