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I spent 15 years trying to make it in the music industry. As a teenager, I'd work
any odd job to 1 time in a recording studio. I knocked on managers' doors
and sent out demo after demo, but I got nowhere. In 2007, I 2 a song
called This Is My Dream. It was a song about never giving up. I just 3 all of
my frustrations at the keyboard.
Over the next five years, the music 4 never materialized and I nearly
stopped. Then, in 2012, I 5 the song to a music-sharing website.
1. A. allocate
B. afford C. save D. kill
2. A. copied
B. found C. wrote
D. heard
3. A. let out
B. took in
C. got over
D. held back
4. A. appreciation
B. concept
C. career D. interest
5. A. uploaded
B. lost C. sold
D. abandoned
I didn't think anything more would come of it, but just wanted someone to 6
my music. Later that year, I received an email 7 from Universal Music
in Hong Kong, requesting a(n) 8 for the song. I negotiated a contract for
$5,000 for the use of the song and 9 straight away. My first record deal
had appeared out of nowhere. I was pretty excited. The song was a(n) 10
and I was contacted by HKTV who invited me to go to Hong Kong to 11 .
6. A. promote
B. notice C. study
D. exploit
7. A. unconsciously
B. immediately
C. naturally
D. unexpectedly
8. A. discount
B. application
C. reward
D. license
9. A. signed up
B. gave in C. dropped out D. took over
10. A. mess
B. trial C. hit
D. trick
I was contacted by HKTV who invited me to go to Hong Kong to 11 .
When it was my time to go on the stage, there were huge cheers and all I
could see was a sea of lights. I was 12 in the moment. It's only when I 13
the footage(录像) that I realize what was going on around me. It was the 14
I had been waiting for my entire life. After coming off stage, I had photographers
and journalists 15 to interview me and hundreds of people 16 to have
their photograph taken with me.
11. A. guide
B. compete
C. comment D. perform
12. A. trapped
B. interested C. rooted
D. lost
13. A. think back to B. look back at C. hold on to D. glance down at
14. A. opportunity B. challenge C. possibility D. advantage
15. A. hesitating B. battling
C. rejecting D. complaining
interview me and hundreds of people 16 to have their photograph
taken with me. The next morning, I found out my song had gone to number
one in the iTunes chart in Hong Kong, 17 Lady Gaga.
Life can 18 you. I had knocked on doors for years, yet my moment
came when the opportunity called me. It has re-inspired my 19 for
music. Hopefully the ball will keep rolling. After all those odd jobs and
weekends spent in recording studios, this has made it all 20 .
16. A. rang
B. queued
C. agreed
D. claimed
17. A. moving
B. ignoring
C. disturbing
D. beating
18. A. upset
B. inspire
C. drown
D. surprise
19. A. curiosity
B. anxiety
C. passion
D. admiration
20. A. fruitless
B. worthwhile
C. demanding
D. controversial
