For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to beinvolved in music at all. In his first years of high school,Gabriel would lookpityingly at music students,   36  across the campus withtheir heavy instrument cases.  37   at school for practicehours   38   anyone else had to be there.He swore tohimself to 39 music,as he hated getting to school extra early.

__40___，one day，in the music class that was __41_of his school’s standardcurriculurn，he wasplaying idly （随意地）on thepiano and found it ____42___to pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling,herealized that he actually __43__doing it.Hetried ti hide his __44__pleasurefrom the music teather,who had __45__over to listen.Hemight not have thisparticularly well,__46__the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good___47__andsuggested that Gabriel go into the musin store-room ti see if any of theinstruments there __48__him.There he decided to give the cello（大提琴）a __49__.When he beganpracticing,he took it very __50__.But he quickly found that he loved playingthis instrurnent,and was __51__to practicing it so that within a couple ofmonths he was playing reasonably well.

  This __52__,of course,that he arrived atschool early in the morning,__53__his heavy instrument case across the campusto the __54__looks of the non-musicians he had left__55__.

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

37. A.risingup         B.coming up        C.driving up       D.turningup

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

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

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

41. A.part             B.nature            C.basis           D.apirit

42. A.complicate       B.safe              C.confusing       D.easy

43. A.missed          B.disliked           C.enioyed         D.denied

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

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

46. A.because            B.but                C.though         D.so

47. A.ear                B.taste               C.heart           D.voice

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

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

50. A.seriously                     B.proudly                     C.casually          D.admitted

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

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

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

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

55. A.over                           B.aside                         C.behind               D.out