二、完形填空。(每小题1分，共15分)
When I practiced playing the violin that I rented(租) not long ago, my mother stood in front of me. “I'm sorry,” she said. “You have to choose one between the violin and the piano. I can only pay for one
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.” I started playing the piano when I was young. My first piano lesson was given by my
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. But he left me forever. Every time I played a song on my father's piano, I felt
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to him. So, in that case, I made up my mind to
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the violin and choose the piano lessons. The decision
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my childhood. At that time, nobody at school
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that I was musically talented. Every day I went home and
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playing the piano by myself. I wrote my own songs all the time,
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no one heard them.
One day after the band practice, I walked over to the piano in the corner of the room. There was nobody around it, so I started to play it. After a few minutes, I looked up and realized the band
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was listening. “It sounds
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! Keep playing,” he said. After I received
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from him, I was very happy but nervous. Yet I wanted people to hear me, so I kept playing it more carefully.
“Would you like to join our band?” he smiled. “We have a violin player and a drummer. We need
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to play the piano. ” “Sure!” He had no idea how
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I was.
The first day of practice was amazing. My bandmates were great musicians. They were really intelligent! At my eighth grade graduation, I
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the piano in front of the whole school. I recalled my father again. And I knew he must be
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.
(
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)1. A. instrument B. documentary C. laboratory D. license
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)2. A. grandfather B. teacher C. father D. uncle
(
B
)3. A. younger B. closer C. safer D. nicer
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D
)4. A. put up B. wait for C. set up D. give up
(
D
)5. A. discovered B. required C. divided D. influenced
(
A
)6. A. sensed B. supported C. regretted D. decided
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B
)7. A. agreed with B. stuck to C. dreamed of D. put up
(
A
)8. A. but B. so C. if D. because
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C
)9. A. student B. trader C. director D. visitor
(
B
)10. A. awful B. smooth C. noisy D. common
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D
)11. A. sadness B. doubt C. pity D. praise
(
B
)12. A. them B. you C. him D. it
(
A
)13. A. excited B. down C. nervous D. angry
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C
)14. A. broke B. brought C. played D. bought
(
A
)15. A. proud B. typical C. proper D. loud
