You are waiting at a wrong place. It is at the hotel ______ the coach picks up tourists.
A. where B. who
C. which D. that
______ Tom’s parents really doubt is ________ he will recover from the serious disease soon.
A. That , that B. What , when
C. What , whether D. /, how
— Some Chinese students find it difficult to understand native speakers when in London.
— Exactly, _______they’ve learned a lot about grammar and known many words.
A. so that B. now that
C. as if D. even if
I live next door to a couple ______ children often made a lot of noise.
A. that B. which
C. when D. whose
______ her ambition of becoming a professional singer, she _____ very hard since an early age.
A. To realize , has been training B. Realizing , trained
C. To realize , was trained D. Realized , has trained
When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t _______. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could _______ a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister _______talent.
I was better at my _______. My teacher had told my parents that I had great potential. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to _________me. But the only time he was _______was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. Back then, I was ______about the British TV shows “The Avengers”, which was aired every Saturday at 3 p.m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour. So I _______ this amazing opportunity. Today, I don’t even have a _______ in my house.
My sister became an engineer, but she ________ stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched careers. She went back to college, got a(n)_________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________.
Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family _______for her. As she played, I looked around at the audience. Everyone was _______enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7 -year-old kid making those perfectly _______sounds and knew how far she had come, despite everything.
Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.
1.A. advance B. quit C. reflect D. listen
2.A. inspect B. open C. attend D. visit
3.A. lacked B. spotted C. possessed D. admired
4.A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument
5.A. train B. examine C. correct D. challenge
6.A. successful B. skillful C. occupied D. available
7.A. sensitive B. crazy C. serious D. particular
8.A. jumped at B. turned down C. waited for D. opened up
9.A. tutor B. violin C. musician D. piano
10.A. never B. once C. already D. even
11.A. scholarship B. sponsor C. degree D. assistant
12.A. provided B. imagine C. received D. expected
13.A. voted B. feared C. stayed up D. turned up
14.A. obviously B. desperately C. appropriately D. anxiously
15.A. booming B. pleasing C. awful D. powerful
