2. A. interest　　 B. requirement　 C. condition　　 D. thought

答案：C　 指导：Mr．Gillespie病情严重，昏迷不醒，但好像没有人关心他的“状况”。

　 interest"兴趣；爱好”，文中没有信息支持，所以A项错误；由于病人严重昏迷，不会有什么“要求”、“想法”，所以可将B、D两项排除。

1. A. visitors　　 B. relatives　　 C. patients　　　 D. friends

答案：A　 指导：根据never和nobody seemed to care about可知没有人去医院探望他。

　 B项表示“亲戚”，一个人不可能没有亲戚，所以此项不恰当；

　 C项意为“病人”，Mr．Gillespie本身就是病人，因此C项显然不正确；根据常识可知由于种种原因朋友不一定去看望病人，所以D项不恰当。

20. A. last　　　 B first　　　　 C. best　　　　 D. worst

答案：B　 指导：从前文可知，罗比的母亲耳聋，因此不能听他演奏，罗比认为只有她去世后才能在天堂听他演奏，故应是“第一次”。把握了上文的叙述，再联系罗比的愿望和心理，此处其他选项便不难排除。

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　　 When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿护士长)at a local hospital in my town. Most of the time I spent there was with Mr. Gillespiel He never had any 　1　 , and nobody seemed to care about his 　2 　　I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,　 3　 anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine,　 4　 　he responded with only a (n)　 5 squeeze of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).

　　　 I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was 　6 　. I didn't have the 　7　 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 　8 　me he had died.

Several　 9　 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I　 10 　who it was,my eyes filled with tears. He was 　11　 ! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie, With a (n) 　12　 look on his face, he replied yes. I 　13　 how I knew him,and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 　14　 .　　

He began to tell me how, 　15　 he lay there comatose,he could hear me talking to him and could 　16　 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie 　17　 believed that it was my voice and 　18 　that had kept him alive.

Although I haven't　 19　 him since, he fills my heart with　 　20　 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.

19. A. unfortunately　　　　　　 B. therefore

C. however　　　　　　　　 　D. actually

答案：D　 指导：此处罗比说明母亲生病去世的真相，因此用actually，相当于infact．therefore"所以”，however"然而”，都不符合此处上下文的逻辑关系；unfortunatel／‘不幸的是”，干扰性很大。但前面出现的是问句，用于引出对真相的叙述，故unfortuanately也不能顺承上文。

18. A. practising　 B. singing　　 C. listening　 D. helping

答案：A　 指导：罗比虽然中断了钢琴课的学习，在家照料母亲，但一直在“练习”弹钢琴，因此才有今天的成功。

17. A. stairs　　 B. platform　　 C. stage　　　 D. floor

答案：C　 指导：作者本人也很激动，因此跑上了“舞台”。此处罗比演奏完毕仍在舞台上，由此可排除其他选项：

stairs意为“楼梯”；platform意为“站台、讲台”；floor意为“地板”。

16. A. off　　　　 B. at　　　　　 C. against　　 D. on

答案：D　 指导：be。none'sfeet意为“站起来”，此处观众都站起来为罗比的精彩演奏鼓掌。

15. A. slipped　　 B. danced　　　 C. flew　　　　 D. ran

答案：B　 指导：此处表示罗比演奏得非常熟练、精彩，手指在琴键上像“跳舞”一般。slip意为“滑倒”；flow意为“流动、飞奔”；run"跑”，都不能形容罗比弹钢琴时手指的熟练。

14. A. pleased with　　　　　　 B. interested in

C. clear about　　　 　　　　　D. prepared for

答案：D　 指导：此处表示作者对罗比下面的演奏也没有心理准备。be prepared for意为“为……做好准备”。此处还是表示作者的“吃惊”，因此可排除其他三项：be pleasedwith"对……满意”；be interested in"对……感兴趣”；bedearabout"对……很清楚”。

13. A. surprised　 B. angry　　　 C. happy　　 　　D. certain

答案：A　 指导：此处表示作者也没有想到罗比会选择这么难的曲目，故非常“惊讶”。

　 联系上文，罗比一直缺乏音乐才能，而且很长时间没来上课，可排除其他选项。