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Nicola’s Love for Her Violin

Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (绝配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old 36  and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin, 37  to China for the first time last weekend. She 38   in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

Nicola is from Scotland and 39  playing the violin when she was four years old. 40 , it was not something her parents 41  her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and 42  it and improved very quickly.

“There are so many different things I am fond of about the 43 ,” she said. “I can’t really 44  it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the 45 . I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”

However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an 46  job. “I usually 47   in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s   48  outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the 49  and I can see others having fun 50  I’m on my own.”

Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola 51  felt she was lucky. “You can’t have    52 . I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her 53  paid off (终有回报). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.

54  her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an 55 of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

1.A. singer                  B. writer                   C. pianist                D. violinist

2.A. came                 B. turned                     C. ran                              D. moved

3.A. checked                        B. played                           C. visited                   D. remained

4.A. stopped                                B. requested                      C. started                          D. ignored

5.A. So                                      B. And                                C. But                                   D. However

6.A. made                             B. persuaded                    C. wanted                          D. got

7.A. noticed                     B. concerned                     C. minded                    D. loved

8.A. lessons                 B. violin                   C. performances              D. show

9.A. explain              B. imagine               C. determine                 D. refuse

10.A. foreigners                        B. friends                       C. audience                       D. teenagers

11.A. boring                             B. easy                     C. wonderful                 D. tiring

12.A. work           B. rest              C. stay                               D. practise

13.A. cool                        B. sunny                   C. windy                 D. cloudy

14.A. river                      B. hill                              C. farm                                 D. beach

15.A. while                           B. as                     C. so                               D. for

16.A. even                         B. still                C. ever                       D. almost

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

18.A. time                    B. music                C. efforts                            D. action

19.A. Because of              B. Besides                C. Instead of                 D. Thanks to

20.A. adviser                         B. manager                 C. organizer                      D. supporter

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