题目内容：

    When Freddie arrived to perform in the hospital room, Pam worried it was already too late. Her 88-year-old stepfather, Strobel, had ______ been moved to the palliative (姑息治疗) care unit. Pam could ______ that something had changed in him. A nurse told her Strobel’s ______ was near.

“You’re probably ______ your time,” Pam told Freddie. But Freddie ______ with her what medical professionals had told him: ______ may be the last sense to go.

“Let me go in and ______”, Freddie said. “It’s as much for you as it is for him.”

Freddie is a country and folk musician. When he was in his childhood, his mother encouraged her young son’s ______ talent. When she was dying of cancer, he put their ______ of songs to its greatest use. He would crawl into her hospital bed with his guitar and ______ her favorites. His mother seemed to relax, a(n) ______ look crossing her face.

“That moment allowed her and me to ______ like we used to when I was singing as a kid,” Freddie recalled. It emphasized to him the ______ of music. When he ______ a non-profit organization called Swan Songs which arranged free musical last wishes, Freddie signed up for the ______.

That was the case with Pam’s stepfather who enjoyed ______ music, and Swan Songs sent Freddie. That’s why Freddie arrived at the hospital that day, when Strobel seemed ready to say ______ Freddie played some songs and after 45 minutes, Pam asked for just one more song. Freddie ______ Love Me. He sang the last note and Strobel took his last breath.

“Oh my, we just experienced one of the most ______ moments in our lives. It was a gift for us all. At a really sad time, it was ______ says Pam.

1.A. still B. just C. ever D. almost

2.A. tell B. explain C. witness D. announce

3.A. failure B. relief C. time D. recovery

4.A. killing B. sparing C. spending D. wasting

5.A. shared B. traded C. discussed D. exchanged

6.A. Tasting B. Hearing C. Smelling D. Touching

7.A. observe B. check C. negotiate D. play

8.A. athletic B. creative C. musical D. literary

9.A. love B. instruction C. choice D. assessment

10.A. recite B. sing C. make up D. pick up

11.A. embarrassed B. regretful C. confused D. peaceful

12.A. comfort B. pray C. connect D. escape

13.A. power B. rhyme C. style D. sound

14.A. set up B. broke up C. heard about D. talked about

15.A. course B. program C. competition D. treatment

16.A. modem B. popular C. classical D. country

17.A. hello B. goodbye C. sorry D. no

18.A. chose B. analyzed C. wrote D. enjoyed

19.A. glorious B. difficult C. ridiculous D. magical

20.A. delightful B. hopeful C. beautiful D. forgetful