题目内容：

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 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 see that his family had enough in their life. I had to grow into a man and have 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 ____ it would stop him picking up anything, but it did ________ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, When I came home and asked him to play, Dad would make _________ for why he couldn't play. For the family it didn't make any ________that Dad couldn't play as well.

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 sure could play that Mandolin!

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

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

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

4.A. employing   B. devoting     C. spending   D. wasting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12.A. which      B. that       C. what     D. where

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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