完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
I had always loved music and dreamed of being a musician, travelling to different countries, meeting lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money.
16 , my parents had a farm and I didn’t want to do that—I wanted to do something
17 . However, I had always been shy and too nervous to try playing
18 in public.I had been playing the
19 since I was ten years old, but the idea of playing in front of other people was very
20 .
I started one day,
21 a local youth club advertised a talent show—anybody who could play an instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert. I 22 myself up.
When the day of the show came, I was so
23 that I couldn’t eat.
24 was the first time I had played in front of other people and I felt
25 unsure of myself. I had no idea whether I was
26 good and was worried that no one would like me.
When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to
27 ! I could not hear what I sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to enjoy myself. When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people
28 !
After the show a man
29 up to me to say how much he enjoyed my
30 . He said that he had a rock band, and they needed to
31 a guitar player. He asked me to come along the next day to have a try. This successful trial turned my dream into 32 . In the following days, we
33 around a lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world. Sometimes we would enter competitions and once we went on TV.
We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday. As we became more successful, we had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became
34 of travelling so much. But now, nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my
35 as among the best moments of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．Besides | B．Thus | C．Therefore | D．Instead |
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| 小题2: | | A．similar | B．normal | C．strange | D．different |
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| 小题3: | | A．songs | B．music | C．words | D．jokes |
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| 小题4: | | A．guitar | B．violin | C．piano | D．drum |
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| 小题5: | | A．enjoyable | B．attractive | C．exciting | D．frightening |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．until | C．when | D．where |
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| 小题7: | | A．picked | B．signed | C．took | D．wrote |
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| 小题8: | | A．nervous | B．inspired | C．disappointed | D．excited |
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| 小题10: | | A．exactly | B．hardly | C．extremely | D．highly |
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| 小题11: | | A．some | B．any | C．well | D．much |
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| 小题12: | | A．dance | B．act | C．announce | D．sing |
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| 小题13: | | A．shouted | B．jumped | C．praised | D．cheered |
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| 小题14: | | A．looked | B．came | C．went | D．faced |
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| 小题15: | | A．performance | B．behavior | C．presence | D．instrument |
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| 小题16: | | A．call on | B．wait on | C．take on | D．depend on |
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| 小题17: | | A．practice | B．consideration | C．reality | D．effect |
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| 小题18: | | A．toured | B．ran | C．worked | D．turned |
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| 小题19: | | A．fond | B．tired | C．aware | D．proud |
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| 小题20: | | A．competitions | B．memory | C．friendship | D．youth |
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