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阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。    When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn't 1. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could 2 a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister 3 talent.    I was better at my 4. My teacher had told my parents that I had great 5. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to 6 me. But the only time he was 7was Saturday afternoons at 3 P. m. Back then, I was 8 about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was 9 every Saturday at 3 P. p. m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour . So I 10 this amazing opportunity. Today, I don't even have a 11 in my house.    My sister became an engineer, but she 12stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched （转换）13. She went back to college, got a 14 in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never 15. Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital（音乐独奏会）. A big crowd of friends and family 16 for her. As she played, I looked around at the 17. Everyone was 18enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly 19 sounds and knew how far she had come, despite 20.    Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important. （1） A . admit B . advance C . quit（停止） D . improve （2） A . attend B . join C . leave D . visit （3） A . admired B . lacked（缺乏） C . had D . instrument（仪器） （4） A . major B . project C . composition D . instrument （5） A . ambition（雄心 ） B . patience C . enthusiasm D . potential（潜力） （6） A . examine B . train C . Correct D . challenge （7） A . available（有空的） B . punctual（守时的） C . skillful D . occupied （8） A . sensitive B . serious C . crazy D . particular （9） A . aired（播送） B . filmed C . Designed D . commented评论 （10） A . grasped B . valued C . waited for D . turned down （11） A . book B . play C . piano D . violin （12） A . already B . even C . never D . once （13） A . attitudes B . careers（职业） C . plans D . positions （14） A . degree B . chance C . scholarship D . sponsor赞助商 （15） A . expected B . provided C . imagined D . received （16） A . paid off B . showed off C . stayed up D . turned up （17） A . audience B . students C . spotlights D . platform （18） A . appropriately（适当地） B . anxiously C . obviously D . desperately绝望地 （19） A . sweet B . awful C . powerful D . unique （20） A . everybody B . everything C . something D . somebody 答案：（1）C；（2）A；（3）B；（4）D；（5）D；（6）B；（7）A；（8）C；（9）A；（10）D；（11）C；（12）C；（13）B；（14）A；（15）D；（16）D；（17）A；（18）C；（19）B；（20）B；

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