I asked my uncle, who plays __31_______ piano well, __32_______ he would assess (評定) the tone of a second hand piano I was hoping to buy. We arrived __33_______ the house and Uncle Frank looked the piano over, then __34_______ (sit) down and played a mixture of honky-tonk numbers and classical pieces. When he finished, we told the family that we would call ___35_______ in 15 minutes.

Outside, Uncle Frank said that ___36________ the wood was battered (壞掉的)，the sound was good and we should buy it.

When I phoned the woman back, she sounded as if she was crying. __37____ (concern), I asked, “What’s the matter?”

“We didn’t know the piano_38______ play like that,” she replied. The piano wasn’t __39_______sale, and her daughter had to resume(重新開始) taking piano __40___________.

    31 the       32 whether/if   33 at        34 sat     35 them 

36 though/although  37 Concerned  38 could/should  39 for  40 lessons

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