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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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