题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
北京市丰台区2020届高三上学期英语期末考试试卷
I looked out at the smiling faces in the school auditorium. The applause filled my ears. I had really done it!
Just a few months earlier I would never have1myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people. But when the time came, I got up on stage and2one of my greatest fears. I found a new person inside me, a much more3, outgoing person who had been hidden all along, just waiting for the opportunity to come. If not for my teacher, Mrs. Sather, I might never have found that4.
I was extremely5. I had friends, but it just wasn't in my personality to be very outgoing, even when I knew someone well. I was even6with strangers.
One day, Mrs. Sather7that our class was going to perform a play. "I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy," she said. "Anybody want to try?" A few8hands shot up—mine, of course, was not one of them.
After class Mrs. Sather came to join me. "Dallas, I was thinking you would be the person for Dorothy. But I was9you didn't raise your hand."
Was she10? Me, the lead? I was11just thinking of standing on stage in front of a lot of people.
"Dallas, you're great at12things, so you won't worry about lines. And you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Dorothy!" She said.
Mrs. Sather stared into my eyes as if seeing my inner self locked away inside. "I'd love you to give this a13for me. But if you really don't want to, I won't make you. It's your14." Mrs. Sather wanted me in this role. She15me. I realized it was time to16my shy cloak (披风).
Fast-forward through five months of practicing, we were ready.17, I was as nervous as I had ever been. I proved to myself that I could do it in practice, 18 could I prove it to everyone else when it really mattered?
"It doesn't matter how you do tonight," said Mrs. Sather,19reading my thoughts when she came backstage for a final check. "You have already shown yourself how wonderful you are."
At the end of the play, when the audience stood and applauded, I knew they were not just cheering for my performance that night, but for the performances they knew would come in later years because of my newfound20.
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