Everyone has dreams． Lily dreamed of being a dancer． She took（1） 　　lessons and all her teachers thought she was an excellent student．

One day she saw a notice． It said that a famous dancing group would be performing in her town．

（2） 　　thought， "I must show the leader my dancing skills． "She waited for the group leader in the dressing room．（3） 　　the leader appeared， she came up and handed him the flowers she prepared．The thorns （刺）hurt her fingers and blood came out． But she was too （4） 　　to care about the pain．She expressed her strong wish to be a dancer and begged（乞求）to show her dance．

"All right． You dance， "the leader agreed． But half way through the dance， he stopped her， "I'm

sorry， in my mind you're not good enough!"On hearing this， Lily （5） 　　out as fast as her legs could carry her．It was so hard for her to accept this．She lost heart and （6） 　　her dream．

Several years later， the dancing group came to her town again． She decided to find out （7） 　　the leader had told her she was not good enough．

This was his reply， "I tell this（8） 　　every student．"

"You've ruined（毁掉） my life!" she shouted angrily．

The leader went on， "I remember your present of（9） 　　and how the thorns had hurt your

fingers but you carried on bravely． It was a pity that you didn't take dancing like that and stopped trying so （10） 　　． So you are still not good enough for dancing!"

（1）A．singing	B．reading	C．dancing	D．dressing
（2）A．He	B．She	C．They	D．We
（3）A．When	B．Since	C．Before	D．Unless
（4）A． weak	B．bored	C． excited	D． tired
（5）A． worked	B．ran	C． found	D． looked
（6）A． got on	B．went on	C．picked up	D．gave up
（7）A． why	B．how	C．who	D．what
（8）A．on	B．at	C．in	D．to
（9）A． books	B．dances	C．flowers	D． dresses
（10）A．happily	B．easily	C．luckily	D．safely