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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，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 read music, but if he heard a      a few times, he could play it.

Occasionally, Dad         get out his mandolin and play for the family. We three children would often sing along.

Dad loved to play the mandolin for his family. He knew we enjoyed singing and hearing him play. He was like that. If he could give pleasure to others, he would,          his family. He was always there,           his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to         into a man and have children of my own           I realized how much he had sacrificed.

I joined the United States Air Force in January of 1962. Whenever I came home         leave, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. Nobody played the mandolin like my father. He could         your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to        when he was playing. You could see his          in his ability to play so well for his family.

In August of 1993 my father was         with inoperable lung cancer. He chose not to receive chemotherapy treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life in          . About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He          but said "okay”. He knew it would probably be the last time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few notes. When I looked around, there was not a          eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet humble man with a (n)        strength that comes from knowing God, and           with him in one's life. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. We felt at the time that he wouldn't have enough strength to play, and that makes the         of that day even stronger. Dad was doing           he had done all his life, giving. Sick            he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!

1.A. performance    B. instrument       C. tool             D. tube

2.A. music          B. note             C. tune              D. rhythm

3.A. might          B. would            C. could             D. should

4.A. eventually      B. especially        C. specifically       D. occasionally

5.A. spending       B. contributing       C. sacrificing        D. wasting

6.A. change         B. get              C. bring             D. mature

7.A. until          B. after            C. before             D. while

8.A. off            B. for              C. at                 D. on

9.A. touch          B. knock            C. hit                D. grasp

10.A. fade           B. wake             C. improve           D. shine

11.A. pride          B. appreciation     C. gratitude          D. satisfaction

12.A. suspected      B. confirmed        C. labeled            D. diagnosed

13.A. comfort        B. relief           C. dignity            D. peace

14.A. sprang       B. rose             C. decided          D. hesitated

15.A. dry           B. bright           C. wet               D. gloomy

16.A. outer          B. inner            C. outside            D. inside

17.A. working        B. contacting       C. living             D. communicating

18.A. memory        B. impression       C. phenomenon       D. reminder

19.A. something      B. anything         C. everything         D. nothing

20.A. although       B. as               C. when             D. while