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 |
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| 小题2: | | A．recognizing | B．accessing | C．appearing | D．Approaching |
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| 小题3: | | A．resulted from | B．ended with | C．turned down | D．made up |
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| 小题4: | | A．appointment | B．information | C．reply | D．competition |
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| 小题5: | | A．particular | B．simple | C．regretful | D．amusing |
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| 小题6: | | A．Permitting | B．Failing | C．Welcoming | D．Waiting |
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| 小题7: | | A．excited | B．nervous | C．hopeful | D．helpless |
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| 小题8: | | A．finish | B．judge | C．solve | D．persuade |
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| 小题9: | | A．Apart from | B．Free from | C．Absent from | D．Far from |
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| 小题10: | | A．experience | B．profession | C．skill | D．trick |
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| 小题11: | | A．viewed | B．questioned | C．required | D．practiced |
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| 小题12: | | A．progress | B．process | C．stop | D．step |
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| 小题13: | | A．interested | B．embarrassed | C．amazed | D．puzzled |
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| 小题14: | | A．angrily | B．clearly | C．straightly | D．hardly |
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| 小题15: | | A．proved | B．supported | C．hidden | D．followed |
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| 小题16: | | A．appreciate | B．understand | C．trust | D．refuse |
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| 小题17: | | A．record | B．note | C．chance | D．promise |
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| 小题18: | | A．waving | B．removing | C．shaking | D．Moving |
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| 小题19: | | A．courage | B．patience | C．imagination | D．determination |
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| 小题20: | | A．plan | B．dream | C．preference | D．tendency |
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