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When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she d...
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When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ____. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could ____ a fulltime music school.They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister ____ talent.
I was better at my ____. My teacher had told my parents that I had great ____. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ____ me. But the only time he was ____ was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m.. Back then, I was ____ about the British TV show The Avengers, which was ____ every Saturday at 3 p.m.. I let nothing take up my The Avengers hour. So I ____ this amazing opportunity.Today, I don’t even have a ____ in my house.
My sister became an engineer, but she ____ stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched her ____. She went back to college, got a(n) ____ in music education, and became a music teacher. She started kids off on their first instrument and gave them all the encouragement and support she never ____.
Recently, she and a pianist pal (朋友) put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family ____ for her. As she played, I looked around at the ____. Everyone was ____ enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person that remembered that a 7 year-old kid making those perfectly ____sounds and knew how far she had come, despite ____.
Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.
1.A. advance B. quit C. reflect D. listen
2.A. inspect B. open C. attend D. visit
3.A. lacked B. spotted C. possessed D. admired
4.A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument
5.A. patience B. enthusiasm C. potential D. ambition
6.A. train B. examine C. correct D. challenge
7.A. punctual B. skillful C. occupied D. available
8.A. sensitive B. crazy C. serious D. particular
9.A. filmed B. designed C. aired D. commented
10.A. jumped at B. turned down C. waited for D. opened up
11.A. tutor B. violin C. musician D. piano
12.A. never B. once C. already D. even
13.A. attitude B. career C. plan D. position
14.A. scholarship B. sponsor C. degree D. assistant
15.A. provided B. imagined C. received D. expected
16.A. voted B. feared C. stayed up D. turned up
17.A. students B. audience C. spotlights D. platform
18.A. obviously B. desperately C. appropriately D. anxiously
19.A. booming B. pleasing C. awful D. powerful
20.A. everything B. something C. everybody D. somebody
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