Passage 18
江苏卷
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, 1 across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, 2 at school for practice hours 3 anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to 4 music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
5 , one day, in the music class that was 6 of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly（随意地）on the piano and found it 7 to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually 8 doing it. He tried to hide his 9 pleasure from the music teacher, who had 10 over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, 11 the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good 12 and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there 13 him. There he decided to give the cello（大提琴）a 14 . When he began practicing, he took it very 15 . But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was 16 to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This 17 , of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, 18 his heavy instrument case across the campus to the 19 looks of the non-musicians he had left 20 .
1. A. travelling B. marching C. pacing D. struggling
2. A. rising up B. coming up C. driving up D. turning up
3. A. before B. after C. until D. since
4. A. betray B. accept C. avoid D. appreciate
5. A Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Moreover
6. A. part B. nature C. basis D. spirit
7. A. complicated B. safe C. confusing D. easy
8. A. missed B. disliked C. enjoyed D. denied
9. A. transparent B. obvious C. false D. similar
10. A. run B. jogged C. jumped D. wandered
11. A. because B. but C. though D. so
12. A. ear B. taste C. heart D. voice
13. A. occurred to B. took to C. appealed to D. held to
14. A. change B. chance C. mission D. function
15. A. seriously B. proudly C. casually D. naturally
16. A. committed B. used C. limited D. admitted
17. A. proved B. showed C. stressed D. meant
18. A. pushing B. dragging C. lifting D. rushing
19. A. admiring B. pitying C. annoying D. teasing
20. A. over B. aside C. behind D. out