题目内容：

    The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly ______. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep ______ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my ______, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning this art form, I had ______ been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer’s life as it pays ______ to all the factors in one’s life that ______ the dance form: one’s culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most ______ and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much ______. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day ______ these dances. Many times, I ______ myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to ______.

I ______ a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too ______ to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself ______ after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental ______, I forced myself to meet my ______. Even when I was at the end of my ______, there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately, I made it. What I had done ______ the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer ______ is. Those time was evidence that I could ______ something I set out to do.

1.A. reached out B. set off C. pulled back D. broke away

2.A. sleep B. breath C. thought D. sorrow

3.A. career B. attempt C. response D. performance

4.A. eventually B. easily C. absolutely D. desperately

5.A. debt B. respect C. interest D. visit

6.A. develop B. rescue C. introduce D. promote

7.A. beautiful B. focused C. intelligent D. considerate

8.A. talent B. strength C. comprehension D. commitment

9.A. recording B. discussing C. practicing D. designing

10.A. pushed B. addicted C. treated D. applied

11.A. forget B. design C. learn D. research

12.A. discovered B. abandoned C. controlled D. undertook

13.A. brilliant B. brave C. stubborn D. discourage

14.A. careless B. nervous C. frightened D. wrong

15.A. function B. stress C. level D. action

16.A. budget B. deadline C. expense D. expectation

17.A. limit B. purpose C. preparation D. destination

18.A. increased B. deserved C. expanded D. exposed

19.A. completely B. chiefly C. originally D. truly

20.A. change B. supply C. accomplish D. explain