完形填空。      I devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mom and I lived with my grandparents from
the time I was two    1   I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day
while my mother was    2   .
     Grandma loved music. It was she that first     3   me to Elvis Presley (猫王) as a very young child, and
once I heard his music, I was truly in    4    with it. Most five-year-olds ask for    5   for birthdays, but I
wanted Elvis" albums. I would play them non-stop and    6   to the music in my grandma"s family room though
my movements didn"t look good.
     Grandma played the piano and    7   me to sing"America the Beautiful" and"Somewhere over the Rainbow".
I   8   started playing music on the piano, and soon Grandma was paying for me to    9   piano lessons from a
lady living in the  10  . I would come home from    11   and walk three houses down for my lesson. I   12   took
about nine months of lessons, but it was enough to give me a foundation (基础) and   13  me to continue to
teach myself.
      Last month when I came home to visit Grandma in the hospital, I    14   my guitar with me. She was in a
lot of pain, but the music seemed to    15   her soul. She had me sing some songs and when I started to sing
"Somewhere over the Rainbow", her weakened voice    16   in with mine for a few lines. That experience was
one of the most   17   of my lifetime and one I will certainly cherish forever. I told her of my music career and
she was very    18   and said,"That"s wonderful!" I    19   to play for her throughout the week I was home.
     My grandma passed away two days ago. In my opinion, part of her will live on through every   20   I write
or sing in my life.

(     )1. A. unless     (     )2. A. at work    (     )3. A. sent     (     )4. A. debate     (     )5. A. music     (     )6. A. wave      (     )7. A. forced     (     )8. A. generally  (     )9. A. observe    (     )10. A. hotel     (     )11. A. school    (     )12. A. exactly   (     )13. A. ask     (     )14. A. gave up  (     )15. A. comfort   (     )16. A. joined  (     )17. A. surprising (     )18. A. sad      (     )19. A. refused   (     )20. A. project

B. until         B. in trouble       B. left          B. love          B. space         B. sleep         B. prepared       B. eventually(最后) B. make           B. apartment       B. hospital       B. only          B. make          B. gave away     B. blame          B. poured        B. touching       B. calm          B. expected       B. article

C. after        C. on board     C. remembered    C. agreement    C. gifts      C. dance        C. enabled     C. suddenly     C. take        C. neighborhood  C. street      C. completely    C. let        C. brought along C. attract      C. moved       C. puzzling     C. bored        C. continued    C. book

D. when                D. in danger           D. introduced          D. doubt               D. toys                D. play                D. taught              D. fortunately(幸运地) D. enjoy               D. countryside         D. office              D. seldom              D. allow               D. brought up          D. find                D. fell                D. tiring              D. pleased             D. pretended (假装)    D. song