二、完形填空
Tegan’s fingers tripped over the flute holes as she struggled through the fast notes. The melody turned into just noise. She lowered her head. After playing for two years, practising almost every day, she still couldn’t make it through the quick runs. Tegan felt
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.
Her thoughts went back to the band class earlier that week, when Mr Alvarez had asked her to help Lila, a beginner. At the time, Tegan had agreed, but now she ______ 12 ______ if she was the right person to help.
A knock on the practice room door startled (吓到) Tegan. Lila stepped inside,
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her flute case like it might slip from her hands. “Hi,” Lila said, her voice a little breathless. “Thank you for helping me. I can’t get
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to sound right.” She laughed nervously.
“Me neither,” Tegan said
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, and then flushed (脸红). “I mean—I still make mistakes all the time.”
Lila’s eyes widened. “Are you kidding? You sound
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. I wish I could play as well as you,” she said as she sat down and began to prepare her flute.
The
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caught Tegan off guard. She had only ever focused on her mistakes. It was hard to imagine that someone else heard only the good parts.
Their first practice time was clumsy (笨拙)—false starts and nervous laughter. But somewhere along the way, between explaining how to fully cover the holes and how to steady a breath, Tegan began to look at her own playing
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. She realized where her own fingers sometimes slipped and how her own breath wasn’t always steady.
Over the next few weeks, the girls met twice a week, and Lila slowly improved. Tegan also noticed that her own playing
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from helping Lila. For the first time in months, she felt like she was moving forward, and maybe, she wasn’t as
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as she had thought. Maybe helping someone else find their way was exactly what she needed to find her own.
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) 11. A. bored B. helpless C. surprised D. tireless
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) 12. A. believed B. checked C. wondered D. decided
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) 13. A. holding B. pulling C. hiding D. opening
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) 14. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
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) 15. A. quietly B. surprisingly C. excitedly D. loudly
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) 16. A. strange B. amazing C. normal D. funny
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) 17. A. chance B. standard C. imagination D. praise
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) 18. A. probably B. shortly C. differently D. highly
(
) 19. A. suffered B. benefited C. spread D. kept
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) 20. A. bad B. ready C. lucky D. great