天津完形 Cl018・2021_06 完形填空

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My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely 16 By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother 17 meditation (冥想) while I was a born 18 who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn’t 19

I didn’t 20 having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. 21 I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be 22 for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough 23 my noisy singing. So space to practise became a(n) 24 between us because we shared a room.

At the start of the semester, I practised “Circle of Life” for a musical. This was the first time I 25 to learn a song, because my voice cracked (变声) as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and 26 practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother 27 quiet when I got home.

After two days of this, my brother asked me to 28 him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song 29 I accepted. My brother said, “When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don’t blame yourself.” I got the message, and it soon became my new 30 I kept trying at the song, no longer getting 31 at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to 32 power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don’t have to always get everything 33 the first time and that good things come with continual 34 I now understand why my brother favours the 35