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Robert was 11years old when his mother ( a single mom) dropped his off for his first piano lesson. I
prefer student begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby.1 , Robby said that it had always been
his mother's2to hear him play the piano, so I took him as a student.
Hard as Robby tried, he lacked the3of music. However, he persisted and at the end of each weekly
4 he'd always say, 'My mom is going to hear me play someday.' But it seemed5. I only knew his
mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in his aged car to6 him up. She always7
and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby8 coming to our lesson. He telephoned me
and said his mother was9 .
A few weeks after that, I was10my students for the upcoming recital (独奏会) when Robby came
and asked me11 he could be in the recital. 'Miss Hondorf… I'll just go to play!' he insisted.
The night for the recital came. The high school gym was12with parents,friends and relatives. The
recital13 well. Then Robby came up on the stage. I was14 when he announced that he had chosen
Mozart's Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I had heard15his fingers were light on
the keys. They even16on the keys… He played so well that everyone was on their17in wild applause
(鼓掌). In tears I ran up on the stage. 'Oh, Robby! How18you do it?'
'Well, Miss Hondorf… I19on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well,20
she had cancer and passed away this morning. She was deaf so tonight was the first time she ever heard me
play…'
( )1. A. Although
( )2. A. idea
( )3. A. feeling
( )4. A. trial
( )5. A. helpless
( )6. A. put
( )7. A. waved
( )8. A. escaped
( )9. A. deaf
( )10. A .preparing
( )11. A. that
( )12. A. loaded
( )13. A. went on
( )14. A. delighted
( )15. A. until
( )16. A. danced
( )17. A. heads
( )18. A. should
( )19. A. worked
( )20. A. unfortunately B. Because
B. dream
B. knowledge
B. attempt
B. hopeless
B. take
B. listened
B. avoided
B. lonely
B. arranging
B. whether
B. covered
B. turned on
B. proud
B. while
B. tapped
B. feet
B. would
B. kept
B. suddenly C. But
C. desire
C. education
C. performance
C. senseless
C. make
C. stared
C. stopped
C. away
C. persuading
C. when
C. crowded
C. carried on
C. confused
C. before
C. hit
C. ears
C. could
C. continued
C. strangely D .Thus
D. imagination
D. sense
D. lesson
D. worthless
D. pick
D. watched
D. refused
D. sick
D. taking
D. how
D. connected
D. depended on
D. surprised
D. since
D. flew
D. eyes
D. might
D. stuck
D. actually