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