I’vealwayswantedtolearnhowtodance．WhenIwasyoungerIlovedgoingtodiscosandIusedtospendhourspracticingmovesinfrontofthemirror!IthinkIwasquitegoodbutasIgotolderIbecamelessconfident．Recen

　　I’vealwayswantedtolearnhowtodance．WhenIwasyoungerIlovedgoingtodiscosandIusedtospendhourspracticingmovesinfrontofthemirror! IthinkIwasquitegoodbutasIgotolderIbecamelessconfident．

　　RecentlyIdecidedI’djoinadanceclass．Theproblemwithmostdanceclassesisthatyouneedapartnerandnoneofmymalefriendseverwantedtocomewithme．IwasbeginningtogiveupontheideawhenIcameacrossamagazinearticleaboutIndiandancing．ItsoundedgreatandbestofallIcoulddoitonmyown! SoIfoundaclassontheInternetandbookedmyselfintoacourse．

　　Iturnedupforthefirstlessonfeelingverynervous．Ineedn’thaveworriedthoughbecauseeveryonewasreallyfriendly．Wewereallfemale．Theyoungestwasabouteighteenandtheoldestwasfortysomething．

　　Ourteachercameinlookingfantasticinhertraditionaldanceclothesandwesoonallcaughtherenergyandenthusiasm．SheputonthemusicimmediatelywhichwasacombinationofwesternpopsongssettoanIndianbeatandwestartedfollowinghermoves．Anynervousnesssoondisappearedbecausethemovesweresocomplicated．Therewasnotimetoworryaboutwhetheryou’redoingthemright!

　　I’venoticedalotofchangesinmyselfsinceIstarteddancing．I’mmuchfitterandIfeelmoreconfident．I’vealsomadesomegreatfriendsattheclass．Ifyou’reinterestedindancingoryoujustwanttofeelfitterI’drecommendIndiandancing!

　　1．Thewriter’smainpurposeinwritingthepassageisto________．

　　A．describeherchildhood B．talkaboutthepeopleshehasmet

　　C．explainwhyshewasnotconfident D．sayhowshebeganherhobby

　　2．Whatdowelearnaboutthewriterfromthepassage?

　　A．SheisgoodatIndiandancing． B．Sheenjoysdancing．

　　C．Shelikeslisteningtopopmusic． D．She’sinterestedinkeepingfit．

　　3．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

　　A．Thewriterhasn’talwaysbeenconfident．

　　B．StudentsdanceinIndianclothes．

　　C．Mostofthedancersintheclassarefemale．

　　D．TheclassdancestotraditionalIndianmusic．

　　4．Whatdoesthewritersayaboutthefirstdanceclass?

　　A．Everybodywaskeentodance．