By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time, he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova—not as a musician but as her page-turner. “【小题1】 not being a trained musician, I’ve learned to read music to assist Maria in her performance.”

Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but 【小题2】 (act) as the group’s official page-turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score. In this way, the musicians don’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it 【小题3】. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.

Being a page-turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music 【小题4】 go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 pages of turns, including back turns for repeat passages. 【小题5】 matters is onstage communication. Each pianist has their own style of “nodding” 【小题6】 ( indicate) a page turn that they need to practise with their page-turner.

But like all performances, there are moments 【小题7】 things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily, I was able to catch them and put them back.”

【小题8】 most page-turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.

“Sometimes my husband is not an attentive page-turner. He’s interested in the music, 【小题9】 (feel) every note, but I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ ” she laughed. “But Robert is 【小题10】 (qualified) page-turner I’ve had in my entire life.”

The news of Scott’s death 【小题1】(shock) the world. Even Amundsen was moved by Scott’s death saying “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, for sincerity, for 【小题2】(brave), for everything 【小题3】 makes a man”. Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole, 【小题4】 the great courage shown by Scott and his men made them heroes.

Deng Yaping,   【小题1】 was a well-known table tennis player, was born in 1973, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. She started playing ping-pang at the age of 5 and 【小题2】 （show）her great gift. Four years later, she won her provincial junior championship. At the age of 13, she won her first 【小题3】 （nation）championship and beat many other competitors in all kinds of competitions in the following years. She had won 18 championships 【小题4】 the time she retired（退役）from sports at the age of 24. Deng Yaping is regarded as one of the greatest 【小题5】 （player）in the history of sport.

However,   【小题6】 （compare）with other athletes, she made more efforts to achieve her dream. At first, Deng Yaping 【小题7】 （refuse）by the Henan Provincial Team just because she wasn't tall enough. Her path to success was filled with many other difficulties, but none of 【小题8】 stopped her. She practised even 【小题9】 （hard）and finally made it to the top. Her great determination and mental strength have inspired thousands of people. Now, she 【小题10】 （become） a living legend in the sports field at home and abroad.