完形填空
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 (曼陀铃) 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 making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had 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 where it would stop him picking up anything, it did   ________ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make ________  for why he couldn’t play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didn’t make any  ________ .
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 surely could play that Mandolin!

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

A．copy B．see C．look at D．read

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

A．applying B．paying C．devoting D．attaching

A．since B．while C．before D．after

A．Force B．Energy C．Power D．Strength

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

A．touch B．contact C．feel D．keep

A．proud B．praise C．please D．pride

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

A．cut in B．cut off C．cut up D．cut out

A．Although B．If C．Whether D．Because

A．destroy B．affect C．effect D．injure

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

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

A．at B．on C．with D．off

A．first B．latest C．last D．longest

A．bills B．notes C．symbols D．signs

A．wet B．dry C．cried D．crying

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