There are many advantages of becoming a professional musician. The b 1       advantage is being able to do something you love. You will have the chance to travel to many different p 2       and meet a lot of different people. That will o 3       up your eyes.

However,there are also disadvantages of b 4       a professional musician. One of the biggest disadvantages for most musicians is that they don't a 5       have enough money. Most of the time,you will be looking for j 6       . Sometimes you won't be able to find a good job. Another disadvantage is the place you live in. If you want to be a musician,you usually have to move to an a 7       that has a lot of jobs,such as New York City. The c 8       of living in these areas is usually very high. The t 9       disadvantage is that you can't have a stable family life. Different jobs will take a musician to different places,so m 10       musicians are unable to have a regular family.

1. b                                2. p                     3. o          4. b       5. a         

6. j                      7. a                     8. c                     9. t       10. m       

 1. biggest   2. places

3. open   4. being

5. always   6. jobs

7. area   8. cost

9. third   10. most

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