Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music．Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 36 concert．She had been waiting for this 37 for years and years．“Now it is here at last,” she thought．“How beautiful her 38 is.”
The song made her 39 to the days when she was Lauren’s 40 ．As a young 41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer．She studied 42 in France, Italy and in the United States．“You can bee a fine 43 in the future,” her teachers told her．“But you must be 44 to study hard and work for many years．There will be 45 time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was 46 at that time and she was 47 that music was all she wanted or needed to 48 her life．For almost a year Dorothy 49 of nothing else．Then she 50 David, a young engineer travelling Europe．They soon fell in 51 ．David asked her to be his 52 ．Dorothy also wanted to marry David．But she loved 53 , too．She didn’t know what to do．David was against her being a singer．He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married．You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .
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(答案→)C
解析：文章讲述了Dorothy Brown把自己做歌手的梦想寄托在女儿身上的事。
【小题1】形容词辨析。根据上下文可知今天是她女儿第一次登台表演，多年以来她一直在等待这一刻。
【小题2】名词辨析。解析同上。
【小题3】上下文串联。根据下文女儿的歌声让她想起自己的童年。嗓音应该使用voice,.
【小题4】短语辨析。A考虑；B拿回来；回忆起C回去，追溯；D突然想起；重新流行；回来；注意本题的的关键在于横线后面的to;选项AB都是及物动词短语，后面直接加宾语，不需要介词。C选项后面加to构成go back to追溯到…;女儿的歌声让她追溯到她自己在女儿这样的年龄。
【小题5】名词辨析。解析同上。
【小题6】上下文辨析。根据上文可知是在女儿那个年龄，那么应该是一个小女孩。
【小题7】上下文串联。根据上文她想做歌手，可知她是学习音乐。
【小题8】上下文串联。由上文可知父亲是鼓励她说她能做一个歌手。
【小题9】固定词组。Be prepared to do sth准备好了做某事；句意：你必须准备好了认真学习很多年，这些年里在你的生活中没有别的只有音乐。
【小题10】词义辨析。解析同上。
【小题11】考查常识。根据上文说再女儿登台表演的年龄。那么不会是8岁，也不会是80或者88岁。
【小题12】形容词辨析。句意：她很肯定音乐就是她一生追求的填满生活的东西。
【小题13】动词辨析。解析同上。
【小题14】动词辨析。句意可知在一年中她什么都没有想，直到她遇见了David。
【小题15】短语辨析。解析同上。
【小题16】固定词组。Fall in love with 爱上….;根据上下文可知他们相爱了。
【小题17】上下文串联。根据上文他们相爱，可知David想要她嫁给他，做他的妻子。
【小题18】上下文串联。根据上下文可知她喜欢音乐。
【小题19】形容词辨析。根据上下文可知她不可能两者兼得。
【小题20】名词辨析。现在她女儿代替她成为了歌手，成了她的希望。