My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely ____16____ . By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother ____17____ meditation ( 冥想 ),while I was a born ____18____ who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn't ____19____ .

I didn't ____20____ having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. ____21____ , I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be ____22____ for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough ____23____ my noisy singing. So space to practise became a （ n ） ____24____ between us because we shared a room.

At the start of the semester, I practised "Circle of Life" for a musical. This was the first time I _____25_____ to learn a song, because my voice cracked ( 破音 )as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and _____26_____ practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother _____27_____ quiet when I got home.

After two days of this, my brother asked me to _____28_____ him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song _____29_____ ,I accepted. My brother said, "When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don't blame yourself" I got the message, and it soon became my new _____30_____ . I kept trying at the song, no longer getting _____31_____ at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to _____32_____ power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything _____33_____ the first time and that good things come with continual _____34_____ .I now understand why my brother favours the _____35_____ .

16.

A．

mature

B．

different

C．

content

D．

normal

17.

A．

disliked

B．

preferred

C．

replaced

D．

abandoned

18.

A．

writer

B．

leader

C．

painter

D．

performer

19.

A．

get along

B．

drop by

C．

show off

D．

check in

20.

A．

try

B．

mind

C．

enjoy

D．

delay

21.

A．

In particular

B．

In vain

C．

In return

D．

In theory

22.

A．

humorous

B．

ordinary

C．

competitive

D．

grateful

23.

A．

above

B．

below

C．

near

D．

without

24.

A．

issue

B．

contrast

C．

agreement

D．

balance

25.

A．

struggled

B．

expected

C．

promised

D．

decided

26.

A．

began

B．

allowed

C．

stopped

D．

continued

27.

A．

hated

B．

experienced

C．

accepted

D．

wanted

28.

A．

help

B．

invite

C．

join

D．

admire

29.

A．

gracefully

B．

suddenly

C．

fiercely

D．

cautiously

30.

A．

limit

B．

sentence

C．

mistake

D．

philosophy

31.

A．

rude

B．

angry

C．

surprised

D．

excited

32.

A．

lose

B．

share

C．

reduce

D．

maintain

33.

A．

wrong

B．

right

C．

back

D．

down

34

A．

luck

B．

absence

C．

effort

D．

fear

35.

A．

fight

B．

noise

C．

quiet

D．

safety