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
16 was more manageable , I
17 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.
18 that was years ago and times have changed.
19 I live with mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to
20 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金).
21 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my
22 . I decided that I would consider
23 to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was
24 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
25 to get started. And
26 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can
27 use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my
28 ; he gave me a long thoughtful
29 . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me
30 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand
31 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your
32 and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I
33 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose
34 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His
35 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
| 小题1: | | A．loneliness | B．sadness | C．tiredness | D．sickness |
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| 小题2: | | A．set | B．enjoyed | C．kept | D．shared |
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| 小题3: | | A．Gladly | B．Eventually | C．Unfortunately | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题4: | | A．Now | B．Then | C．Sometime | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题5: | | A．add up to | B．make up for | C．get rid of | D．take advantage of |
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| 小题6: | | A．If | B．As | C．Though | D．Before |
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| 小题7: | | A．movement | B．condition | C．choices | D．positions |
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| 小题8: | | A．reaching out | B．living up | C．getting on | D．going back |
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| 小题9: | | A．recognized | B．interviewed | C．found | D．invited |
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| 小题10: | | A．money | B．time | C．energy | D．knowledge |
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| 小题11: | | A．thus | B．once | C．seldom | D．often |
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| 小题12: | | A．actually | B．hardly | C．nearly | D．formerly |
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| 小题13: | | A．job | B．family | C．idea | D．offer |
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| 小题14: | | A．face | B．view | C．look | D．sight |
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| 小题15: | | A．over | B．along | C．towards | D．through |
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| 小题16: | | A．unhappily | B．lovingly | C．pitifully | D．gratefully |
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| 小题17: | | A．pick | B．turn | C．role | D．step |
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| 小题18: | | A．had to cry | B．ought to cry | C．should have cried | D．could have cried |
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| 小题19: | | A．more | B．the ones | C．few | D．the rest |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．devotion | C．kindness | D．trust |
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