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. 小题1: A．singer B．writer C．pianist D．violinist 小题2: A．came B．turned C．ran D．moved 小题3: A．checked B．played C．visited D．remained 小题4: A．stopped B．requested C．started D．ignored 小题5: A．So B．And C．But D．However 小题6: A．made B．persuaded C．wanted D．got 小题7: A．noticed B．concerned C．minded D．loved 小题8: A．lessons B．violin C．performances D．show 小题9: A．explain B．imagine C．determine D．refuse 小题10: A．foreigners B．friends C．audience D．teenagers 小题11: A．boring B．easy C．wonderful D．tiring 小题12: A．work B．rest C．stay D．practise 小题13: A．cool B．sunny C．windy D．cloudy 小题14: A．river B．hill C．farm D．beach 小题15: A．while B．as C．so D．for 小题16: A．even B．still C．ever D．almost 小题17: A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing 小题18: A．time B．music C．efforts D．action 小题19: A．Because of B．Besides C．Instead of D．Thanks to 小题20: A．adviser B．manager C．organizer D．supporter