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　　Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧)．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．

　　“I don't sing,” said the man．

　　But the lady told the waiter, “I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!”

　　The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”

　　So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

　　He had talent (天賦) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．

　　You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent．

(1)

The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________．

[　　]

A．

she paid him much money

B．

she knew him very well

C．

she wanted to have a change

D．

she enjoyed his singing

(2)

Nat King Cole succeeded because ________．

[　　]

A．

the lady found his talent and trained him

B．

he caught the chance and worked hard

C．

he continued to play the piano in the bar

D．

he went to school to improve singing skills

(3)

The words “sit on” in Paragraph 6 probably mean ________．

[　　]

A．

fail to realize

B．

forget to use

C．

try to develop

D．

want to show

(4)

Which could be the best title(標(biāo)題)for the passage?

[　　]

A．

Sing in the Bar．

B．

Become a famous singer．

C．

Never Lose Heart．

D．

Find Your Hidden Talent．

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．D;
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