完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby.
21 Robby said that it had always been his mother’s
22 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Hard as Robby tried, he lacked the
23 of music. However, he persisted and at the end of each weekly
24 he’d always say, “My mom’s going to hear me play someday.” But it seemed
25 . I only knew his mo
ther from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to
26 him up. She always
27 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby
28 com
ing to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was
29 .
A few weeks after that, I was
30 my students for the upcoming recital when Robby came and asked me
31 he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf… I’ll just go to play!” he insisted.
The night for the recital came. The high school gym was
32 with parents, friends and relatives. The recital
33 well. Then Robby came up on stage. I was
34 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I h
ad heard
35 his fingers were light on the keys. They even
36 on the keys… He played so well that everyone was on their
37 in wild applause (鼓掌). In tears I ran up on stage. “Oh Robby! How
38 you do it?”
“Well Miss Hondorf… I
39 on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well,
40 she had cancer and passed away this morning. She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play…”
小题1:．
| A．Although | B．Because | C．But | D．Thus |
小题2:．
| A．idea | B．dream | C．desire | D．imagination |
小题3:．
| A．feeling | B．knowledge | C．education | D．sense |
小题4:．
| A．trial | B．attempt | C．performance | D．lesson |
小题5:．
| A．helpless | B．hopeless | C．senseless | D．worthless |
| 小题7: | | A．waved | B．listened | C．stared | D．watched |
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| 小题8: | | A．escaped | B．avoided | C．stopped | D．refused |
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| 小题9: | | A．deaf | B．lonely | C．away | D．sick |
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| 小题10: | | A．preparing | B．arranging | C．persuading | D．taking |
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| 小题11: | | A．that | B．whether | C．when | D．how |
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| 小题12: | | A．filled | B．covered | C．crowded | D．connected |
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| 小题13: | | A．went on | B．turned on | C．carried on | D．kept on |
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| 小题14: | | A．delighted | B．proud | C．confused | D．surprised |
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| 小题15: | | A．until | B．while | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题16: | | A．danced | B．tapped | C．hit | D．flew |
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| 小题17: | | A．heads | B．feet | C．ears | D．eyes |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．would | C．could | D．might |
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小题19:．
| A．went | B．kept | C．continued | D．stuck |
小题20:．
| A．unfortunately | B．suddenly | C．strangely | D．actually |
