A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I   36   that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning   37   the wall. Being a piano music lover and   38  , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been   39   lessons―at age 54! I told her that it was very   40   that she was pursuing(追求) her    41    to play the piano.

  Then she asked me the same question.

  “I have been playing for 8 years now,” I answered.

  “Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she requested.

  I    42   she was kidding and I simply smiled. At the end of the   43   of the vitamins, she    44    me of our musical “  45  ”. She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room and asked me to play a song for her. I thought    46    and decided to play David Lanz’s “Return to the Heart”, since she had so much passion for    47   , and it was my soul-searching song.

  I played the song to the best of my    48   , and with my emotions pouring into it as possible. She loved it.    49    I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, “Young man!”

  I turned around. And there was an old lady    50    one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to   51   you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to    52    my bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good…” she said. With that, she turned around and walked      53    back to her room.

  I was deeply touched by her    54    and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one’s    55    for peace and joy.

--- Tom can’t come because he hurt his leg while riding.

--- Oh, _____ .

A. bad chance             B. that’s a shame

C. that’s all right       D. take it easy

I wonder how it _______ that Chinese climbers successfully finished the torch relay on the Mt. Qomolangma.

   A. came out          B. came across        C. came up             D. came about

When chatting online, people often use“88”        “bye-bye”, and “cu”        “see you”.

A. with; in relation to          B. in; instead of        

C. by; in answer for           D. for; rather than

The old album brought out of his long-locked case ______ his happy memories of living in the USA.

A. called for                  B. called on              

C. called up                   D. called at

He _____the test again, in which case his mother would be very disappointed and heart-broken.

A. might fail                         B. must have failed        

C. shouldn’t have failed       D. mustn’t fail

He had his camera ready, ______ he saw something that would make a good picture.     

A. in case                            B. the moment                     C. so that                     D. as if

Class regulations require _____ is the last to leave the classroom _____ off all the lights.

A. who; should turn                                      B. whom; shall turn

C. whomever; turns                                      D. whoever; turn

Since the outline has been made, let's ________ the details.

   A. look up to                    B. put up with           

   C. get down to                 D. come up with

 --It’s _____ to rain.

-- Let’s get the work _____ before the rain comes.

A. likely, done                                B. possible, to be finished

C. probable, to be done                   D. likely, to be finished