Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need
,” his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was
his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent(天赋). You will never be a pianist.”
nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly
. He decided that he didn’t want to be a
any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano.
, his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to
some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano key, he
that he could show others that he had talent____.That day he told his father
he had been waiting to hear— that he wanted to study with a new teacher.
that point on, everything turned around.
He started
competitions(比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was
that Lang Lang had won, he was too
to hold back his tears. Soon
was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big
. In 1997 Lang Lang
again, this time to Philadelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his
performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs(特邀演出 ) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started
. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(发现) him, and lets him
.
| 小题1: | | A．exercise | B．fortune | C．knowledge | D．wealth |
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| 小题2: | | A．whether | B．why | C．when | D．that |
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| 小题4: | | A．hurt | B．weakened | C．ruined | D．frightened |
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| 小题5: | | A．singer | B．pianist | C．conductor | D．player |
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| 小题6: | | A．Hopefully | B．Patiently | C．Wisely | D．Painfully |
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| 小题7: | | A．play | B．sing | C．write | D．study |
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| 小题8: | | A．seemed | B．admitted | C．noticed | D．realized |
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| 小题9: | | A．in all | B．above all | C．after all | D．at all |
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| 小题10: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．when |
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| 小题11: | | A．From | B．At | C．Since | D．After |
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| 小题12: | | A．receiving | B．accepting | C．winning | D．beating |
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| 小题13: | | A．told | B．mentioned | C．announced | D．recognized |
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| 小题14: | | A．excited | B．encouraged | C．shocked | D．satisfied |
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| 小题16: | | A．concerts | B．tours | C．competitions | D．stages |
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| 小题17: | | A．started | B．left | C．moved | D．performed |
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| 小题18: | | A．successful | B．cheerful | C．respectful | D．meaningful |
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| 小题19: | | A．pulling | B．breaking | C．falling | D．pouring |
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| 小题20: | | A．brighten | B．shine | C．admire | D．develop |
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