Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her office at the King Street Palace, an entertainment enter in Charleston. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were   1  from class again.

Feldman believed that if someone didn’t   2  out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all   3  in school. So one afternoon she went outside to  4  with them.

“I asked what   5  them,” she says, “Their responses were always the   6  :music, art and sports.” The 42- year – old business woman   7  a music program would be a great way to keep   8  kids interested in learning.

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Then Feldman found the middle school principal with her  9  for Blues in the Schools – a program that would bring   10  into the schools to perform and teach. He   11  her idea, but he said she’d have to raise the   12  .

Local businesses came to her   13  . In four months they’d donated about ＄15,000—  14  to bring in Billy Branch, a great blues harmonica（樂(lè)器）player, who had   15  a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch’s three week after school class in Charleston,  16  listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues   17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to   18  the traditional younger people,” Feldman says.

The next year Feldman increased the numbers of blues. Now   19  5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities  20  the country take part in it.

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2．A．come                    B．get                      C．pick                    D．reach

3．A．interest                 B．happiness            C．trust                   D．strength

4．A．play                      B．compare              C．speak                  D．meet

5．A．reminds                B．excites                C．satisfies               D．impresses

6．A．various                 B．same                   C．clear                   D．right

7．A．knew                    B．thought               C．realized               D．said

8．A．bored                    B．funny                  C．disappointed        D．surprised

9．A．plan                      B．promise               C．thought               D．help

10．A．music                 B．musicians            C．sports                 D．businessmen

11．A．took                    B．suggested            C．liked                   D．hated

12．A．courage               B．efforts                 C．money                D．level

13．A．sight                   B．way                    C．scene                  D．rescue

14．A．enough                B．sure                    C．a(chǎn)bout                  D．pleased

15．A．started                B．seen                    C．donated               D．learned

16．A．people                 B．musicians            C．a(chǎn)ctors                 D．students

17．A．themselves          B．for them              C．a(chǎn)ll the time           D．by chance

18．A．a(chǎn)dd up                B．carry out             C．pass on               D．get through

19．A．some                  B．even                    C．rather                  D．just

20．A．outside           B．with              C．a(chǎn)cross            D．of

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　　Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her 1 at the King Street Palace, an entertainment center in Charlestown. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were 2 from class again.

　　Feldman believed that if someone didn't 3 out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all 4 in school . So one afternoon she went outside to 5 with them.

　　“I asked what 6 them.”she says. “Their response were always the 7 : music, art and sports. ”The 42-year-old business-woman 8 a music program would be a great way to keep 9 kids interested in learning.

　　Then Feldman found the middle school principal with her 10 for Blues In The Schools—a program that would bring 11 into the schools to perform and teach. He liked her idea, but said she'd have to raise the 12 .

　　Local businesses came to her 13 . In four months they'd donated(捐贈(zèng)) about $ 15,000 — 14 to bring in Billy Branch. a great blues harmonica(樂(lè)器) player, who had 15 a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch's three-week after-school class in Charleston, 16 listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues 17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to 18 the tradition to younger people. ”Feldman says.

　　The next year Feldman increased the numbers of Blues. Now 19 5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities 20 the country take part .

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