My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was . Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to whether I had done perfectly. Then, , the applause (掌声) came.
“Thank you… so much,” I said, to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me. “You’ve been an student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop .”
I leaned forward, I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.
As it , the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped. Right after the , I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day. , it began slipping away from me. The reason I had stopped taking was because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was inside of me. I was empty inside.
One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.
“Are you taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.
“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.
“That’s a ,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was .”
Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a what to do. I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew what I was doing.
As the music , a familiar feeling rose inside me.
A.showed B.sat C.stood D.looked
A.light B.quiet C.colorful D.nervous
A.expect B.remind C.know D.doubt
A.immediately B.successfully C.hopefully D.suddenly
A.turning B.waving C.running D.pointing
A.easy-going B.imaginative C.amazing D.honest
A.practising B.learning C.competing D.gaining
A.telling B.promising C.admitting D.speaking
A.carried on B.brought up C.turned out D.taken in
A.performance B.final C.presentation D.play
A.Soon B.Besides C.Thus D.Instead
A.lectures B.parts C.lessons D.pieces
A.disappointing B.pleasing C.inspiring D.puzzling
A.beating B.rising C.changing D.shining
A.still B.even C.much D.yet
A.shame B.relief C.pleasure D.deal
A.challenging B.breathtaking C.demanding D.embarrassing
A.time B.heart C.dream D.loss
A.normally B.exactly C.unclearly D.badly
A.ended B.hit C.covered D.spread