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 _______. 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 show “The Avengers”, which was_______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 ________. 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 ________. 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 ________.

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. patience B. enthusiasm C. potential D. ambition

6.A. train B. examine C. correct D. challenge

7.A. punctual B. skillful C. occupied D. available

8.A. sensitive B. crazy C. serious D. particular

9.A. filmed B. designed C. aired D. commented

10.A. jumped at B. turned down C. waited for D. opened up

11.A. tutor B. violin C. musician D. piano

12.A. never B. once C. already D. even

13.A. attitudes B. careers C. plans D. positions

14.A. scholarship B. sponsor C. degree D. assistant

15.A. provided B. imagine C. received D. expected

16.A. voted B. feared C. stayed up D. turned up

17.A. students B. audience C. spotlights D. platform

18.A. obviously B. desperately C. appropriately D. anxiously

19.A. booming B. pleasing C. awful D. powerful

20.A. everything B. something C. everybody D. somebody

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