Unit 2
The 10,000-Hour Rule
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By the time the Beatles arrived in the States, two members of the band, John
Lennon and Paul McCartney, 5
music together for seven years in Liverpool,
England. In 1960, when they were still a struggling band, they were invited to
perform in a club in Hamburg, Germany. There, they did their best to play,
their lives entirely depended on it. From 1960 to 1962, they traveled to
Hamburg five times, with them 7. many hours during the trips. Their last
two gigs involved 8 90 hours of performing. Before becoming a
phenomenon, the Beatles had performed live 270 nights in just over a year and a
half 9 Their time in Hamburg meant a great deal, and it was one of the
things that 10. them 10 from other bands at that time. The story of this
influential rock band proves that remarkable achievements are usually made when
innate talent and ten-thousand hours of practice come together.
(A) 1. (A) come to (B) taken to (C) fallen to (D) drawn to
(B) 2. (A) when (B) that
(C) what
(D) in which
(C) 3. (A) mount (B) mounted (C) mounting (D) which mounted
(c) 4. (A) several (B) school
(C) string
(D) swarm
(D.) 5. (A) played (B) have played (C) would play (D) had played
(D) 6. (A) even though
(B) even if (C) only if (D) as if
(B) 7. (A) performed (B) performing (C) to perform (D) who performed
(B) another
Br) 8. (A) the other
(C) other
(D) others
(D) for all
(c) 9. (A) all out (B) anything but (C) all told
(B) settled; on (C) put; out (D) tore, apart
(A) 10. (A) set; apart
IV. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answers.
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Teresa's never been to Brazil,
了解~ 謝謝！當時我一直往one another the other去想，所以覺得不可能是another 哈哈