Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I 36 that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s 37 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student. Hard 38 Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly 39 , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed 40 . He just did not have any gift for music. I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby 41 or waited in her old car to 42 him up. She always 43 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 44 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was 45 . Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会) 46 Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to 47 !” he insisted. I agreed. The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was 48 with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was 49 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not 50 what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so 51 that everyone 52 to applaud him. In tears I ran up on 53 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?” “Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on 54 at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, _55 she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...” 小题1: A．prefer B．imagine C．suppose D．wish 小题2: A．plan B．belief C．need D．dream 小题3: A．although B．while C．as D．if 小题4: A．conference B．lesson C．test D．show 小题5: A．successful B．senseless C．wonderful D．hopeless 小题6: A．on B．in C．off D．away 小题7: A．pick B．put C．take D．hold 小题8: A．waved B．sang C．jumped D．left 小题9: A．finished B．broke C．stopped D．continued 小题10: A．tired B．sick C．deaf D．unhappy 小题11: A．as B．since C．while D．when 小题12: A．succeed B．learn C．play D．listen 小题13: A．seated B．filled C．surrounded D．mixed 小题14: A．surprised B．certain C．disappointed D．angry 小题15: A．pleased with B．interested in C．eager for D．prepared for 小题16: A．bad B．hard C．differently D．well 小题17: A．raised B．rose C．lifted D．left 小题18: A．platform B．stairs C．stage D．floor 小题19: A．practising B．listening C．training D．performing 小题20: A．luckily B．therefore C．however D．actually