The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer _______ in upstate New York. It's a beautiful day. _______ the girl doesn't feel beautiful. She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type. In fact, she _______ herself as dorky.
_______ she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is her idol. All of this summer she's been acting, dancing and singing—giving it her ______.
Play to your strengths. If you're going to _______ it in this business, better focus on what you're good at. Celebrate yourself.
_______ three years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about _______. They _______ she think about another career. If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glasses.
Still, she takes their _______ to heart. After all, why shouldn't she believe the professionals?
But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbeat person — wouldn't let her mope. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in _______. So she worked hard at everything and was _______ at Stanford University.
And at age 19, she got a _______ in a low-budget movie called Freeway. That led to a substantial role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde.
And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots — playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash. A singing role.
All of a sudden the old _______ were back. She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she "kept a sick bucket" nearby and admitted she "would go backstage after a singing scene and shake." But she didn't _______ on the movie or herself.
The humor and drive she learned at home _______ the self-doubt learned on that _______ stage. She spent 6 months taking singing lessons _______. She learned to play the Autoharp. And the hard work _______ her confidence.
Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another _______, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.
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A.trip |
B.camp |
C.school |
D.holiday |
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A.And |
B.So |
C.But |
D.However |
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A.criticizes |
B.realizes |
C.allows |
D.describes |
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A.Since |
B.When |
C.As |
D.Where |
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A.worst |
B.least |
C.best |
D.better |
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A.put |
B.succeed |
C.play |
D.make |
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A.Although |
B.Despite |
C.As |
D.with |
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A.acting |
B.dancing |
C.playing |
D.singing |
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A.require |
B.remind |
C.suggest |
D.force |
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A.words |
B.messages |
C.plans |
D.attitudes |
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A.cinema |
B.theatre |
C.playground |
D.school |
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A.affected |
B.accepted |
C.received |
D.permitted |
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A.part |
B.task |
C.idea |
D.actress |
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A.relief |
B.sadness |
C.fears |
D.anxiety |
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A.give in |
B.give away |
C.give out |
D.give up |
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A.overtook |
B.overcame |
C.overlooked |
D.overworked |
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A.spring |
B.winter |
C.summer |
D.autumn |
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A.again |
B.also |
C.even |
D.yet |
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A.turned up |
B.held up |
C.brought up |
D.built up |
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A.camp |
B.university |
C.stage |
D.role |
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