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Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need _36_  his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”

What made him sad was _37_ his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent. You will never be a pianist. _38_ a nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly 39. He decided that he didn’t want to be a  _40_ any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano _41_  his father didn’t  push, but waited.

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to _42_ some holiday songs. He didn’t to, hut as he placed his fingers on the piano key., he _43_ that he could show others that he had talent__44__.That day he told his father _45_   he had been waiting to hear--- that he wanted is study with a new teacher. _46_   that point on, everything turned around.

He started _47_ competitions(比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was _48_ that Lang Lang had won, he was too _49_ to hold back his tears. Soon _50_  as clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big  _51_   in 1997 Lang Lang _52_ again, this time to Philadelphia, U. S. There he spent Two years practicing. And by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his _53_ performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, giga(特邀演出 ) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie hail started  _54_  Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(发现) him, and lets him _55_ .

36.A. exercise          B. fortune         C. knowledge      D. wealth

37.A. whether          B. why            C. when          D. that

38.A. Like             B. With           C. To             D. As

39.A. hurt              B. weakened      C. ruined           D frightened

40.A. singer            B pianist          C. Conductor       D. player

41.A. Hopefully         B. Patiently       C. Wisely           D. Painfully

42.A. play              B. sing           C. write            D. study

43.A. seemed           B . admitted        C. noticed         D. realized

44.A. in all              B. above all       C. after all         D. at all

45.A. that               B. what           C. which          D. when

46.A. From              B. At            C. Since           D. After

47.A. receiving           B. accepting       C. winning        D. beating

48. A. told               B. mentioned      C. announced      D. recognized

49. A. excited            B. encouraged      C. shocked        D. satisfied

50. A. this               B. it              C. that            D. what

51. A. conceits            B. tours           C. competitions    D. stages

52.A. started             B. left             C. moved         D. performed

53. A. successful                            B. cheerful

C. respectful                            D. meaningful

54. A. pulling             B. breaking        C. falling         D. pouring

55. A. brighten            B. shine           C. admire         D. develop

答案  36.B  37.D  38.D  39.A  40.B  41.C  42.A  43.D  44.C  45.B 

46.A  47.C  48.C  49.A  50.B  51.D  52.C  53.A  54.D  55.B