AGoodFriend,aSecondSelfIcouldn'tbelievemyearswhenIheardmynamecalledfortheleadingroleinourhighschoolplay.Mrs.Dermittmydramateacherhadbeenlookingforsomeonetoplayanener?geticboyinacomedy.Luc
AGoodFriend,aSecondSelf
Icouldn'tbelievemyearswhenIheardmynamecalledfortheleadingroleinourhighschoolplay.Mrs.Dermittmydramateacherhadbeenlookingforsomeonetoplayanener?geticboyinacomedy.LuckilyformeshethoughtthatIcouldhandlethe1
ThatafternoonmyfriendKevinandItalked2abouttheplay.AlthoughKevinhadn'tbeen3forapartonstage,hisjobwiththesetcrewwasimportanttothesuccessoftheplay.ItoldhimIwasalittle 4 becauseIhadalotoflinestomemorize.
"Youcandoit,"hesaid.IknewIcould5him:wehadbeenfriendssincethethirdgradeandwe 6 agoodteam.
Preparationsfortheplaymovedatarapidpace.WhileworkinghardwiththesetcrewKevin7spenthourshelpingmelearnmylines.Heoftensaidmylineswithmebysilentlymovinghislips.We 8 thathecouldprobablyplaymypartaswellasIcould.
Threedaysbeforethe9nighteverythingwasreadyfortheperformance.ButwhenIwokeup10afeverandsorethroatonthedayoftheplay,theentireproductioncametoasudden11Everyoneinthedramadepartmentwasworried12therewasnowayIcouldperform.Theplaywas13toopeninfewerthansixhours,andwehadnotimetocancel.Itriedtothinkofawayto14.Thenithitme―Kevinknewthe15aswellasIdid.IcalledMrs.Dermitttogivehermy16.WithinafewshorthoursKevinstoodonstageincostumeandmake-up.Theamusinglineshehad17withmesomanytimesmadethecrowdlaughandcheer.InastrangeturnofeventsKevinandIhad18thedayforeveryonebyworkingasateam.
Ofcourse,Iwasterriblydisappointedtohave19mychanceinthespotlight,butIwasextremely 20 tohavesuchagoodfriend.
( )1.A.part B.play C.band D.crew
( )2.Acalmly B.seriously C.excitedly D.anxiously
( )3.A.called B.chosen C.invited D.trained
( )4.A.upset B.bored C.nervous D.confused
( )5.A.counton B.tendto C.talkwith D.agreewith
( )6.A.joined B.founded C.took D.made
( )7.A.also B.only C.still D.simply
( )8.A.expected B.debated C.agreed D.joked
( )9.A.final B.special C.opening D.greeting
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