完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
I had always loved music and dreamed of being a musician, travelling to different countries, meeting lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money.   16  , my parents had a farm and I didn’t want to do that—I wanted to do something   17  . However, I had always been shy and too nervous to try playing   18  in public.
I had been playing the   19   since I was ten years old, but the idea of playing in front of other people was very   20  .
I started one day,   21  a local youth club advertised a talent show—anybody who could play an instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert. I   22   myself up.
When the day of the show came, I was so   23   that I couldn’t eat.   24   was the first time I had played in front of other people and I felt   25   unsure of myself. I had no idea whether I was   26   good and was worried that no one would like me.
When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to   27  ! I could not hear what I sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to enjoy myself. When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people
  28  !
After the show a man   29   up to me to say how much he enjoyed my   30  . He said that he had a rock band, and they needed to   31  a guitar player. He asked me to come along the next day to have a try. This successful trial turned my dream into   32  . In the following days, we   33   around a lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world. Sometimes we would enter competitions and once we went on TV.
We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday. As we became more successful, we had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became   34   of travelling so much. But now, nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my
  35   as among the best moments of my life.

A．Besides B．Thus C．Therefore D．Instead

A．similar B．normal C．strange D．different

A．songs B．music C．words D．jokes

A．guitar B．violin C．piano D．drum

A．enjoyable B．attractive C．exciting D．frightening

A．before B．until C．when D．where

A．picked B．signed C．took D．wrote

A．nervous B．inspired C．disappointed D．excited

A．What B．There C．It D．As

A．exactly B．hardly C．extremely D．highly

A．some B．any C．well D．much

A．dance B．act C．announce D．sing

A．shouted B．jumped C．praised D．cheered

A．looked B．came C．went D．faced

A．performance B．behavior C．presence D．instrument

A．call on B．wait on C．take on D．depend on

A．practice B．consideration C．reality D．effect

A．toured B．ran C．worked D．turned

A．fond B．tired C．aware D．proud

A．competitions B．memory C．friendship D．youth