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I knew I could sing but I had to prove it. I don’t care what life gives me; I’ll     it. It was my ninth time     in front of a music executive to try to get a record deal. The first eight interviews had     cold refusals.
When I found out the     was at 6 a.m., I went a little crazy, for I had to get up very early in order to get to the audition (试唱) room on time. This     audition was at the office of Sony Music’s president, John Grady.      to sing songs for a man behind a desk, I was     . It’s very hard to let someone     whether you’re worthy of a commercial career in 10 minutes. But, in this business, it was something I had to do.
I grew up in a rural area.     farming, there wasn’t much of a local economy. If one wanted new horizons, he had to learn a(n)     that could take him out of there. That’s how I     my singing. I took up singing at an early age. When I was 15, I made money from singing. That was a huge     for me.
It was in the middle of my singing that John Grady didn’t appear     at all. About halfway through, I saw him write something down. From where I stood, I could     see him write the letter 'n’,      by the letter 'o’. I guessed he didn’t     me.
As we said good-bye, Grady gave me a     . Though my hands were     , I found the     to read the note. It didn’t say, "No." It said, "Now." Just then, I knew that my     of becoming a professional musician was starting to come true.

小题1:	A．handle B．operate C．encounter D．recall

小题2:	A．recognizing B．accessing C．appearing D．Approaching

小题3:	A．resulted from B．ended with C．turned down D．made up

小题4:	A．appointment B．information C．reply D．competition

小题5:	A．particular B．simple C．regretful D．amusing

小题6:	A．Permitting B．Failing C．Welcoming D．Waiting

小题7:	A．excited B．nervous C．hopeful D．helpless

小题8:	A．finish B．judge C．solve D．persuade

小题9:	A．Apart from B．Free from C．Absent from D．Far from

小题10:

A．experience B．profession C．skill D．trick

小题11:

A．viewed B．questioned C．required D．practiced

小题12:

A．progress B．process C．stop D．step

小题13:

A．interested B．embarrassed C．amazed D．puzzled

小题14:

A．angrily B．clearly C．straightly D．hardly

小题15:

A．proved B．supported C．hidden D．followed

小题16:

A．appreciate B．understand C．trust D．refuse

小题17:

A．record B．note C．chance D．promise

小题18:

A．waving B．removing C．shaking D．Moving

小题19:

A．courage B．patience C．imagination D．determination

小题20:

A．plan B．dream C．preference D．tendency