1. (2022九上·杭州期中) 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。

When I was at the age of ten, I dreamed of
building a music club in the future so that I could share my passion (激情) with people like me; I dreamed of 1thousands of audiences who admire my performance; I dreamed of standing on the center of the stage.2, these were just my dreams when I was young.

From the time I was young, I always try to immerse (沉浸) 3in music, so I learned piano, guitar, singing and so on. Then, when I was in Grade 10, I started to 4 a band. At first, there were just 4 people in it, and all of us were not 5 musicians, but we were crazy about what we were doing. I started to 6the band. Every week, there were always many days I came back home very late. My parents 7me that it was a waste of time because I spent my time for study 8 an unrealistic dream.

I knew that I was not a professional musician but I still wanted to work hard in my band. In the first half of the year of our band, we were not given even one 9to
perform outside of the school. I was 10, so I always told my friends that we had to do something to make us more 11. So, I created a WeChat account to 12 our band to others. We got a little bit of fame little by little and I found that my real strength (长处) was not on music itself, but rather on 13and managing. Soon, we received a(n) 14 to perform in a study center. We were so excited that we finally got a chance to perform on a bigger stage. 15, we got more fans and we were more and more popular. Now we have millions of fans around the world. No matter what happens to your life, you should always believe in yourself and hold on to your dreams.