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       Banging the keys in frustration, I turned away from the piano. I tried to   36   the tears that were already welling up in my eyes. After an hour of   37  , I still couldn’t get the rhythm quite   38   on a Mozart piece that I had to present to my piano teacher the   39   day. To me, the piece had at first seemed fairly   40  . But, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t seem to   41   it the way that it was supposed to be played.

       I decided to take a   42  , and come back to the piece later when I had   43  . For the most part, after a little bit of   44  , I could usually learn the music pretty quickly — however, it was always that one   45  , which might have appeared simple but was indeed difficult, that always got to me. These types of songs always made me   46   myself as a pianist — if I couldn’t get this song right, would I be able to learn   47   songs?

       After having dinner, I   48   to come back to the piano. Placing my fingers tentatively（猶豫不決地）on the   49   , I chose to play the piece slowly and carefully instead of trying to play the piece   50  . Using this new method, I exercised a great deal of patience,   51   that I often have trouble with. Instead of focusing on how hard the rhythm was, I focused on how I could   52   myself, little by little. Finally I could slowly see myself getting better.

       So I learned an important   53   — sometimes, baby steps are the best way to reach a goal. I’m an impatient person who likes to   54   that I can get somewhere by leaps and bounds（飛速地）. But, in the case of   55  , I couldn’t move forward and improve until I slowed down, believed in myself, and took it one step at a time.

36. A. enjoy                B. throw                C. miss                 D. fight

37. A. complaining       B. practicing          C. crying               D. shouting

38. A. low                   B. high                  C. wrong               D. right

39.   A. next                  B. usual                 C. new                  D. first

40.   A. useful               B. interesting          C. easy                  D. difficult

41.   A. play                  B. notice                C. sing                  D. understand

42.   A. chance                     B. step                  C. seat                  D. break

43.   A. held back          B. calmed down     C. set out                     D. woken up

44.   A. help                  B. money               C. work                D. luck

45.   A. person                     B. question            C. teacher              D. music

46. A. accept               B. remind                     C. doubt                D. believe

47. A. easier                B. slower               C. quicker             D. harder

48.   A. agreed               B. refused              C. decided             D. pretended

49.   A. chairs               B. keys                  C. books               D. desks

50.   A. quickly              B. hopefully           C. happily              D. lightly

51.   A. nothing             B. something          C. anything            D. everything

52.   A. please               B. satisfy               C. improve            D. support

53.   A. lesson               B. example             C. result                D. report

54.   A. expect               B. think                 C. answer                     D. promise

55.   A. piano                B. guitar                C. dance                D. violin

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