Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. If you have ever been to a concert by the violinist Itzhak Perlman, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was [填空 1]with polio(小儿麻痹症)as a child, and so he has braces(一对支撑物)on both legs and walks with the [填空 2] of two crutches(拐杖). He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, [填空 3] the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he [填空 4] down and picks up his violin, puts it under his chin(下巴), [填空 5] to the conductor and proceeds to play. One day, Perlman went on [填空 6] to give a concert. The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage to his chair. They waited until he was ready to play. But this time something went [填空 7] . Just as he finished the first few bars(小节), one of the strings on his violin broke. People who were there that night thought to [填空 8] : He will either find another violin or else replace the string on this one. But he didn't. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes then [填空 9] the conductor to begin again. The orchestra(管弦乐队)began, and he played from where he had [填空 10] off. He played with overwhelming passion and power and purity. A) hinted B) bends C) themselves D) started E) signaled F) stricken G) left H) stage I) nods J) aid K) suffered L) wrong M) undoes N) away O) someone