完形填空。 It was my ninth time standing in front of a Nashville manager to sing a few songs and try for a record deal. The first eight times didn't lead to 1 . Music was my favorite, but I didn't have the right 2 . My hair was out of date; I wasn't pretty; I was a little old and too heavy. I've always been a 3 . Most of the people I knew growing up in small villages of Illinois struggled just like me. If you weren't a pig farmer or corn farmer, the 4 you could hope for was to learn a(n) 5 that could take you out of there. That's 6 I learned to sing songs. Now I was in the middle of the second song. I glanced up at the manager, who was sitting behind his desk. He didn't appear 7 at all. I was nervous. About one minute later, I saw him write something down. From where I stood, I could 8 see him write the letter N, 9 by the letter O. 'That's it,' I thought.'He is passing on me.' He folded the paper while I went on with my third and last song. I was sure the guy 10 me and could not 11 to get out of there. As we said good-bye, he said,' I want you to have this.' He gave me the 12 . I didn't understand. Though my hands were 13 , I found the courage to read the note. It didn't say 'NO'. It said 'NOW'. My dream of becoming a singer was starting to 14 . I still had to write, sing and record an album, of course. But my whole life 15 . (     )1. A. success (     )2. A. time (     )3. A. singer (     )4. A. largest (     )5. A. expression (     )6. A. how (     )7. A. interested (     )8. A. hardly (     )9. A. followed (     )10. A. forgot (     )11. A. wait (     )12. A. warning (     )13. A. waving (     )14. A. turn up (     )15.A. closed B. surprise B. clothes B. struggler B. best B. experience B. where B. rude B. impossibly B. covered B. disliked B. help B. sign B. moving B. come true B. rose C. disappointment C. look C. winner C. widest C. skill C. when C. beautiful C. clearly C. caught C. forgave C. refuse C. paper C. burning C. run away C. appeared D. sadness D. voice D. dancer D. worst D. song D. why D. careless D. carefully D. led D. pleased D. stop D. book D. shaking D. come back D. changed