My mother always says that I’m born to dance ballet. But that September when I was in a ballet class and went to do a turn, something just happened. I heard it and I surely
it. I went right to a doctor and got an X-ray examination, which
a lot of damage to my knee — a(n)
injury for a dancer. I had to have a(n)
.Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury. Dance was my life, but
, I wasn’t going to be able to do it for a year or
never again.
My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was
a battle against cancer at that time. He showed me how to make it through a
situation. I thought that if he could do that, I could handle this, too.
my operation, I had great difficulty walking, but I knew that if I really worked hard, my injury would heal.
Several months later, I definitely wasn’t at my strongest, but I could
a class. The dancing I did was
at first — moves that my knee could handle.
Once we started practicing in the fall, I was beginning to feel like myself
. One day, I
the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld. I thought it must be a(n)
because he is very famous in the ballet world. But it wasn’t. He
me and taught me a lot of things. At l8, I had a solo performance! It was a big
. I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina. After the
, Eliot said, “You know, you have a(n)
— and you are also made of steel.” That, coming from him, was the
compliment (赞美) I have ever received. I’d like to think that
my injury made me strong.
| 小题1: | | A．touched | B．accepted | C．broke | D．felt |
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| 小题2: | | A．pointed | B．said | C．read | D．showed |
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| 小题3: | | A．necessary | B．deadly | C．practical | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．holiday | B．cry | C．operation | D．test |
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| 小题5: | | A．in time | B．all of a sudden | C．at present | D．once in a while |
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| 小题6: | | A．possibly | B．luckily | C．surprisingly | D．hardly |
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| 小题7: | | A．leading | B．fighting | C．losing | D．inventing |
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| 小题8: | | A．wonderful | B．difficult | C．positive | D．heavy |
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| 小题9: | | A．After | B．During | C．At | D．Over |
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| 小题10: | | A．set out | B．take up | C．break into | D．get through |
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| 小题11: | | A．basic | B．quick | C．formal | D．hard |
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| 小题12: | | A．before | B．then | C．again | D．too |
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| 小题13: | | A．stole | B．borrowed | C．faced | D．checked |
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| 小题14: | | A．mistake | B．opportunity | C．problem | D．task |
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| 小题15: | | A．held | B．obeyed | C．encouraged | D．received |
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| 小题16: | | A．surprise | B．secret | C．success | D．position |
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| 小题17: | | A．speech | B．performance | C．competition | D．match |
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| 小题18: | | A．gift | B．chance | C．luck | D．exercise |
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| 小题19: | | A．simplest | B．deepest | C．greatest | D．smartest |
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| 小题20: | | A．dealing with | B．letting out | C．setting up | D．turning to |
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