【2014年湖北省恩施州中考】完形填空
请认真阅读下面短文，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项补全短文。（共15小题，计15分）
"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?" young Sarah asked her father. She was always          things and her father was not very pleased.
"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said.  "               you wanted to leam horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it's the              . "
"I'll play every day, Daddy, " Sarah said. "I'Il try very hard. "
"All right, " her father said. " I know _          . I'll do. I 'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you           play something for me. If you play well, you can have          lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons. "
"OK. Daddy," Sarah said. "That is _          . "
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The lessons were very expensive, but her father kept his          .
The six weeks passed quickly. It was time for Sarah              for her father.
She began to play. She played very                .  She made a terrible noise.
Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands _            his ears.
When Sarah finished, her father said, "_          _, Sarah. You can have more lessons. "
Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him.  "You've spent a lot of money,                 she still plays very badly, " he said.
"Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin, I           able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply. In _          six weeks I'II own the whole building! "

A．caring for B．preparing for C．sending for D．asking for

A．First B．Second C．Next D．Finally

A．guitar B．violin C．piano D．game

A．which B．that C．what D．how

A．must B．can C．may D．might

A．many B．much C．more D．fewer

A．impossible B．unfair C．funny D．fair

A．waming B．promise C．notice D．excuse

A．for playing B．to play C．to work D．for working

A．badly B．well C．better D．worse

A．off B．in C．behind D．over

A．Terrible B．Too bad C．Well done D．Sorry

A．or B．but C．though D．so

A．will be B．was C．am D．have been

A．other B．more C．another D．the other