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6: A．put B．take C．make D．pick 小题7: A．waved B．listened C．stared D．watched 小题8: A．escaped B．avoided C．stopped D．refused 小题9: A．deaf B．lonely C．away D．sick 小题10: A．preparing B．arranging C．persuading D．taking 小题11: A．that B．whether C．when D．how 小题12: A．filled B．covered C．crowded D．connected 小题13: A．went on B．turned on C．carried on D．kept on 小题14: A．delighted B．proud C．confused D．surprised 小题15: A．until B．while C．before D．since 小题16: A．danced B．tapped C．hit D．flew 小题17: A．heads B．feet C．ears D．eyes 小题18: A．should B．would C．could D．might 小题19:． A．went B．kept C．continued D．stuck 小题20:． A．unfortunately B．suddenly C．strangely D．actually