题目内容：

“Wanted: Violin. Can’t pay much. Call …”

Why did I notice that? I wondered, since I rarely looked at the classified ads. I laid the paper on my lap and closed my eyes, remembering what had happened during the Great Depression, when my family ________ to make a living on our farm. I, too, had wanted a violin, but we didn’t have the ________.

When my older twin sisters began showing an interest in music. Harriet Anne learned to play Grandma’s upright piano, ________ Suzanne turned to Daddy’s violin, simple tunes soon became ________ melodies as the twins played more and more. ________ in the rhythm of the music, my baby brother danced around while Daddy hummed（哼唱）and Mother whistled. I just ________.

When my arms grew ________ enough, I tried to play Suzanne’s violin. I loved the beautiful sound of the firm bow drawn across the strings. Oh, how I wanted one! But I knew it was ________ the question.

One evening as the twins played in the school orchestra, I closed my eyes tight to capture the picture firmly in my ________. “Someday, I’ll sit up there.” I vowed（发誓）________.

Unfortunately, it was not a ________ year. At harvest the crops did not bring as much as we had hoped. I, however, couldn’t ________ any longer to ask, “Daddy, may I have a violin of my own?”

“Can’t you use Suzanne’s?”

“I’d like to be in the orchestra, too, and we can’t ________ use the same violin at the same time.”

Daddy’s face looked ________. That night, and many following nights, I heard him ________ God in our family prayers, “… and Lord, Mary Lou wants her ________ violin.”

One evening we all sat around the table. The twins and I studied. Mother sewed and Daddy wrote a letter to his friend, George Finkle, in Columbus. Mr. Frinkle, Daddy said, was a fine ________.

As he wrote, Daddy read parts of his letter out loud to Mother. Weeks later I ________ he’d written one line he didn’t read aloud: “Would you watch for a ________ for my third daughter? I can’t ________ much, but she enjoys music. And we’d like her to have her own instrument.”

1.A. managed    B. promised    C. struggled    D. forced

2.A. luck    B. money    C. choice    D. hope

3.A. while    B. since    C. after    D. before

4.A. soft    B. fluent    C. gentle    D. lovely

5.A. Picked out    B. Caught up    C. Taken on    D. Called for

6.A. shouted    B. laughed    C. listened    D. cried

7.A. long    B. tough    C. big    D. slim

8.A. far from    B. next to    C. out of    D. along with

9.A. dream    B. hand    C. life    D. mind

10.A. faithfully    B. silently    C. frequently    D. patiently

11.A. hopeless    B. stable    C. good    D. difficult

12.A. stand    B. help    C. wait    D. risk

13.A. both    B. ever    C. either    D. still

14.A. angry    B. sad    C. pale    D. weak

15.A. demand    B. persuade    C. commit    D. remind

16.A. favourite    B. private    C. own    D. individual

17.A. violinist    B. pianist    C. physicist    D. guitarist

18.A. heard    B. conveyed    C. discovered    D. informed

19.A. class    B. favor    C. gift    D. violin

20.A. owe    B. order    C. charge    D. pay