Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ___36___ was more manageable, I ___37___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ___38___ that was years ago and times have changed. ___39___ I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to ___40___ my disability pension(残疾抚恤金). ___41___ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my ___42___. I decided that I would consider ___43___ to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was ___44___ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ___45___ to get started. And ___46___ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ___47___ use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my ___48___, he gave me a long, thoughtful ___49___. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me ___50___ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ___51___ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ___52___ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I ___53___. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ___54___ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His ___55___ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
小题1: | A.sadness | B.tiredness | C.sickness | D.loneliness |
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小题2: | A.enjoyed | B.kept | C.shared | D.set |
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小题3: | A.Eventually | B.Unfortunately | C.Surprisingly | D.Gladly |
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小题4: | A.Then | B.Sometime | C.Meanwhile | D.Now |
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小题5: | A.make up for | B.get rid of | C.take advantage of | D.add up to |
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小题7: | A.condition | B.choices | C.positions | D.movement |
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小题8: | A.living up | B.getting on | C.going back | D.reaching out |
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小题9: | A.interviewed | B.found | C.invited | D.recognized |
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小题10: | A.time | B.energy | C.knowledge | D.money |
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小题11: | A.once | B.seldom | C.often | D.thus |
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小题12: | A.hardly | B.nearly | C.formerly | D.actually |
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小题13: | A.family | B.idea | C.offer | D.job |
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小题14: | A.view | B.look | C.sight | D.face |
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小题15: | A.along | B.towards | C.through | D.over |
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小题16: | A.lovingly | B.pitifully | C.gratefully | D.unhappily |
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小题18: | A.ought to cry | B.should have cried | C.could have cried | D.had to cry |
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小题19: | A.the ones | B.few | C.the rest | D.more |
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小题20: | A.devotion | B.kindness | C.trust | D.courage |
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