阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lang Lang went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight．“ You need ____1____,” his father said．“ But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him．As a nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly _____2_____．He decided that he didn’t want to be a ___3_____ any more．For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano．____4____ his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs．He didn’t want to , but as he placed his fingers on the piano key, he _____5_____ that he could show others that he had talent after all.
In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was ____6_____ that Lang Lang had won, he was too ___7_____ to hold back his tears．Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever---he had to play on the world’s big ___8_____．In 1997 Lang Lang ____9again, this time to Phildelphia, U.S．There he spent two years practicing．After his ____10performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs （特邀演出） in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started pouring in．Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him shine.
1.A．exercise B．fortune C．knowledge D．wealth
2.A．hurt B．weakened C．ruined D．frightened
3.A．singer B．pianist C．conductor D．player
4.A．Hopefully B．Patiently C．Wisely D．Painfully
5.A．seemed B．admitted C．noticed D．realized
6.A．told B．mentioned C．announced D．recognized
7.A．excited B．encouraged C．shocked D．satisfied
8.A．conceits B．tours C．competitions D．stages
9.A．started B．left C．moved D．performed
10.A．successful B．cheerful C．respectful D．meaningful
When they hurriedly arrived home, they found their house ___________ and a lot of things ______.
A．break into; missing B．broken in; missed
C．broken into; missed D．broken into; missing
He is a student at Oxford University, __________ for a degree in computer science.
A．studied B．studying C．to have studied D．to be studying
The child was almost _______________ from the outside world.
A．cut off B．cut down C．cut out D．in
A middle-aged woman came ________ to the bus stop only ______ the bus had gone.
A．to run; to find B．running; to find
C．and ran; finding D．running; finding
Immediate action should be _____________ to prevent people from being affected by the bird flu.
A．made B．brought C．taken D．paid
