who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.

　　But one thing was for sure. I would never win an award for my piano playing. And that's just because the more I practised, the more nervous I got. So there I was, on stage, in my beautiful dress, and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play, I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong note again. It was as if I hadn't practised at all.

　　Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldn't understand why people were applauding(鼓掌)．But they were. My mum and dad had flowers for me, and they were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldn't. I just wanted to go home and cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.

　　"It was my first night on the air，"she said."I had never been on television before, and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what？No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticed-just you."Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe, I'll play the piano again.

　　【语篇解读】　作者因在钢琴演奏会上弹错了几个音符而感到十分沮丧，在姑姑的安慰和开导下，作者领悟到犯错在所难免，有时不应该对自己太苛刻，于是重拾对钢琴弹奏的信心。

　　1．The underlined part "the disaster" in Paragraph 3 refers to " "．

　　A．the loud cheers of the audience

　　B．the laughs from the audience

　　C．the author's piano performance

　　D．the author's practice on the stage

　　C　[词义猜测题。根据第一段第一句"Tonight, my piano recital(钢琴演奏会) was the most important thing in my family."和第三段的第二句"I ran off the stage."可知，the disaster指的是作者的钢琴表演。]

　　2．We can infer from the text that ．

A．music played a big role in the author's life