26．（20 分）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） D across the campus with their heavy instrument cases．（2） D at school for practice hours（3） A anyone else had to be there．He swore to himself to （4） C music，as he hated getting to school extra early
（5） B ，one day，in the music class that was （6） A of his school's standard curriculum，he was playing idly （随意地）on the piano and found it （7） D to pick out tunes．With a sinking feeling，he realized that he actually （8） C doing it．He tried to hide his （9） B pleasure from the music teather，who had （10） D over to listen．He might not have done this particularly well，（11） A the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good （12） A and suggested that Gabriel go into the musin store﹣room ti see if any of the instruments there（13） C him．There he decided to give the cello（大提琴）a（14） B ．When he began practicing，he took it very （15） C ．But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrurnent，and was （16） A to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well
This（17） D ，of course，that he arrived at school early in the morning，（18） B his heavy instrument case across the campus to the（19） B looks of the non﹣musicians he had left（20） C
（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．enioyed 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．admitted
（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
(1) D; (2) D; (3) A; (4) C; (5) B; (6) A; (7) D; (8) C; (9) B; (10) D; (11) A; (12) A; (13) C; (14) B; (15) C; (16) A; (17) D; (18) B; (19) B; (20) C