My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert today. She played so  36   that I could not help cheering her. The very   37   reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing.

When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great   38  , she began learning it. However, when she was no longer   39  , she became sick of it.   40  , it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine（常規(guī)）of   41  .

When her first teacher left, my friend   42   me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some   43   comments, and then point out what should be   44  . Every time she came,   45   beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some   46  . She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the   47   of playing, but more importantly, to   48   the music and love it.”

After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons. Sometimes she   49   would like to 50   a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level.

Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was   51   that you didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel   52   when you are on the way. When you look   53   from where you are, you will realize that you have been making   54  . But if you   55  , you’ll never take one more step.” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her.

―Are you here on business?

―No, _____.This is my holiday.

A．for pleasure      B．with pleasure    C．a(chǎn) pleasure           D．It’s my pleasure

It is in the very village, _____ Mary was born 35 years ago, _____ she will build her first school, _____ inspires everyone to help her.

A．where; that; which             B．that; that; that

C．that; when; which              D．where; when; that

I could have been on time for the meeting, but I _____ in a traffic jam for over half an hour.

A．have caught       B．have been caught      C．was caught      D．caught

―English, as a living language, _____ all the time.

―Right. Who knows what it will be like in the years to come?

A．will change        B．was changing         C．is changing       D．has changed

“By no means,” declared the captain, “_____ give way to disappointment.”

A．we would       B．we will          C．might we        D．shall we

In hot weather, an old tire can break again easily _____ it’s mended.

A．when           B．where           C．which             D．that

Dress yourself up, _____ you are unlikely to be allowed in.

A．a(chǎn)nd             B．but            C．or               D．so

It’s amazing that Mike should get such good marks while he does only _____ the others.

A．a(chǎn)s much as half         B．half as much as      C．a(chǎn)s many as half      D．half as many as

―We have been in the traffic for an hour by now.

―Yeah．I’m afraid we’ll never _____ it to the conference.

A．get             B．have               C．do            D．make