题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My father was a self-taught mandolin (曼陀铃) player. He was one of the best string   ________ players in our town. He could not   ________ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.

Dad loved to play the mandolin for his   ________  for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, ________  his time and efforts to making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had children of my own ________ I realized how much he had sacrificed.

I joined the United States Air________ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home ________ , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could   ________ your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his ________ in his ability to play so well for his family.

In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was   ________ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand   ________ by the machine.   ________  he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did   ________ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make ________ for why he couldn’t play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didn’t make any ________ .

In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life   ________  dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said “okay”. He knew it would probably be the   ________  time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few ________ . When I looked around, there was not a   ________  eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, ________  . As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad surely could play that Mandolin!

1.A. equipment    B. musical  C. instrument   D. musician

2.A. copy        B. see       C. look at     D. read

3.A. family       B. employer  C. friends     D. audience

4.A. applying   B. paying    C. devoting     D. attaching

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

6.A. Force        B. Energy    C. Power        D. Strength

7.A. on duty    B.on leave C. on holiday  D. on vacation

8.A. touch       B. contact   C. feel         D. keep

9.A. proud       B. praise   C. please      D. pride

10.A. took part   B. participated  C. joined   D. involved

11.A. cut in      B. cut off   C. cut up      D. cut out

12.A. Although  B. If       C. Whether     D. Because

13.A. destroy     B. affect    C. effect       D. injure

14.A. uses       B. preparations  C. impressions  D. excuses

15.A. comment     B. sense   C. difference   D. decision

16.A. at          B. on        C. with        D. off

17.A. first       B. latest    C. last         D. longest

18.A. bills      B. notes   C. symbols    D. signs

19.A. wet         B. dry      C. cried       D. crying

20.A. sponsoring  B. giving  C. distributing D. taking