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 mother 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 coming 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 had 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…”
1.．A．Although B．Because C．But D．Thus
2.．A．idea B．dream C．desire D．imagination
3.．A．feeling B．knowledge C．education D．sense
4.．A．trial B．attempt C．performance D．lesson
5.．A．helpless B．hopeless C．senseless D．worthless
6.A．put B．take C．make D．pick
7.A．waved B．listened C．stared D．watched
8.A．escaped B．avoided C．stopped D．refused
9.A．deaf B．lonely C．away D．sick
10.A．preparing B．arranging C．persuading D．taking
11.A．that B．whether C．when D．how
12.A．filled B．covered C．crowded D．connected
13.A．went on B．turned on C．carried on D．kept on
14.A．delighted B．proud C．confused D．surprised
15.A．until B．while C．before D．since
16.A．danced B．tapped C．hit D．flew
17.A．heads B．feet C．ears D．eyes
18.A．should B．would C．could D．might
19.．A．went B．kept C．continued D．stuck
20.．A．unfortunately B．suddenly C．strangely D．actually
--- We give dogs time, space and love we can spare.
--- . Dogs are always our loyal friends.
A．Neither dogs do B．Neither do dogs
C．So dogs do D．So do dogs
Jim, as well as his sisters, to talk to his parents at present because of misunderstanding.
A．is prepared B．was prepared C．are prepared D．were prepared
The school rule states that no child shall be, unless by an adult, allowed out of the school during the day.
A．was accompanied B．accompanying
C．accompanied D．being accompanied
You’d better not leave the medicine it is within kids’ reach.
A．so that B．which C．where D．if
A good book is like a good friend. You cannot keep it long.
A．very B．so C．too D．such
