happened. He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m of him. He spent all his time with the piano.

to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l , another way to talk to people.

His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s

But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w . He looked into the audience and saw his smiling back at him. At this time, he felt n . His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold. He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. his bright musical life seemed to end.

六、阅读理解填空（2014）

先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已给出。 Maria Vas and her dog walked down the hall of the nursing home and stopped in front of the old lady with a nurse at her side. ―Would she like to s (76) my dog?‖ Maria asked. ―No, a visit won’t h (77) her,‖ said the nurse. ―Then she e (78) that the lady was too sick to appreciate visitors. But Maria decided to try anyway. She had done research on animal assisting therapy(辅助疗法) for 10 years. And she was very successful in this She’d seen even the sickest patients enjoy a visit from a lovely dog.

Maria carried the dog over to the old lady. Immediately, the woman r (80) out toward the dog! She was so p (81) that she began smiling and trying to talk. The nurse stood aside, w (82) them in amazement. This woman had never communicated with anyone. It was like she wasn’t even a (83) -- until the dog came to visit. Around the world sick adults and c (84) fill lonely hospital rooms. They may have an illness or need to be c (85) for. A dog’s friendly eyes and warm paws(爪子) may be just what the doctor ordered to encourage them and help them heal (治愈).