Passage 18

江蘇卷

For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students,　 1 　across the campus with their heavy instrument cases,　 2 　at school for practice hours　 3 　anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to　 4 　music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

　5　 , one day, in the music class that was　 6 　of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly（隨意地）on the piano and found it　 7 　to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually　 8 　doing it. He tried to hide his　 9 　pleasure from the music teacher, who had　 10 　over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well,　 11 　the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good　 12 　and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there　 13 　him. There he decided to give the cello（大提琴）a　 14 　. When he began practicing, he took it very　 15 　. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was　 16 　to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This　 17 　, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning,　 18 　his heavy instrument case across the campus to the　 19 　looks of the non-musicians he had left　 20 　.

1. A. travelling　B. marching　C. pacing　D. struggling

2. A. rising up　B. coming up　C. driving up　D. turning up

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

4. A. betray　B. accept　C. avoid　D. appreciate

5. A Therefore　B. However　C. Thus　D. Moreover

6. A. part　B. nature　C. basis　D. spirit

7. A. complicated　B. safe　C. confusing　D. easy

8. A. missed　B. disliked　C. enjoyed　D. denied

9. A. transparent　B. obvious　C. false　D. similar

10. A. run　B. jogged　C. jumped　D. wandered

11. A. because　B. but　C. though　D. so

12. A. ear　B. taste　C. heart　D. voice

13. A. occurred to　B. took to　C. appealed to　D. held to

14. A. change　B. chance　C. mission　D. function

15. A. seriously　B. proudly　C. casually　D. naturally

16. A. committed　B. used　C. limited　D. admitted

17. A. proved　B. showed　C. stressed　D. meant

18. A. pushing　B. dragging　C. lifting　D. rushing

19. A. admiring　B. pitying　C. annoying　D. teasing

20. A. over　B. aside　C. behind　D. out