Austin wanted to play the guitar.His friend Devin first gave him the （1）______ and Austin thought it was a great one.He wanted to be in a （2）______ club one day,but first he had to learn to play.So he bought an old guitar.At first,Austin thought it would be （3）______ to learn how to play.Devin could play the guitar well,and it looked easy when Austin （4）______ him.But when Austin tried himself,he found it was a different story.
Austin tried to play the same songs like Devin, （5）______ he couldn\’t make his guitar sound the same at all.Then he decided to take some （6）______ .Austin had the first few lessons,but he began to get（7）______.His teacher just gave him little songs and music exercises to do,not real songs.When Austin told his parents about it （8）______,his mother said,"Take it easy.You need to learn the basics （基础） first so you can sound good later when you play difficult songs."Austin didn\’t （9）______ her,but he kept going for lessons and working hard.
Two months later,Austin began to be able to play (10)______ songs.He came to know that his mother was right.Walk before you run.
| （1） | A.present | B.idea | C.job | D.answer |
| （2） | A.football | B.dance | C.music | D.film |
| （3） | A.easy | B.expensive | C.important | D.cute |
| （4） | A.stopped | B.taught | C.asked | D.watched |
| （5） | A.so | B.or | C.but | D.because |
| （6） | A.lessons | B.photos | C.time | D.money |
| （7） | A.excited | B.successful | C.bored | D.happy |
| （8） | A.finally | B.sadly | C.carefully | D.excitedly |
| （9） | A.believe | B.see | C.hear | D.notice |
| (10) | A.short | B.popular | C.old | D.difficult |