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一、(2011·浙江) Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years. Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my__1__was more manageable, I__2__ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.__3__that was years ago and times have changed.__4__I live with mother on a country farm. Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to__5__my disability pension (残疾抚恤金)．__6__I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my__7__. I decided that I would consider __8__to singing in restaurants. My family are all musicians, so I was__9___when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of__10__to get started. And__11__you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can__12__use. When I told the owner of the shop about my__13__； he gave me a long thoughtful __14__. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it？” he said. “Come with me.” He led me__15__the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand__16__on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your__17__and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.” | 
