题目内容：

    My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon.

I tried as hard as I could to remain calm, but my heart was racing. I stared down at my sweat-covered, shaking hands.

I looked up again at the audience realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, “Good job!” even if I messed up the entire piece.

What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes?

As it turned out, I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was waiting for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat.

Slowly I walked to the mud-brown piano in the center of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played. swallowed the golf-ball-sized lump (隆起部分) in my throat and sat down Slowly, I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory (象牙色的) keys.

As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more unsure of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my years of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece so many times that I could play it backwards if requested.

Although at one point I accidentally played two keys instead of the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically.

My eyes burned holes into the pages in front of me. I was not going to lose my concentration. To keep this to myself, I leaned forward and focused carefully on the music.

When I came to the end of the page, a warning went off inside my head: DONT MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!

Needless to say, I obeyed myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my “page-turning skill”, I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake.

After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head. I had finished. I had finished. I had mastered the impossible.

1.How did the author feel while on stage before the performance?

A. Over the moon. B. On pins and needles.

C. As cool as a cucumber. D. Hot under the collar.

2.We learn from the passage that ________.

A. the author had never performed in public before

B. the author didn’t make a single mistake while playing

C. the author’s parents were present at the performance

D. the author hadn’t made full preparations for the performance

3.What did the author mean by saying “My eyes burned holes into the pages in front of me.”?

A. He/She tried to fix his/her eyes on the pages.

B. He/She wanted to tear the pages into pieces.

C. He/She lost his/her interest in the pages.

D. He/She was dissatisfied with his/her performance.

4.The author successfully finished the performance because of ________.

A. the warning inside the head B. the wonderful “page-turning skill”

C. the encouragement from his/her parents D. the timely adjustment