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My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string   ___56____  players in our town. He could not   ___57___  music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it. Dad loved to play the mandolin for his  ___ 58___  for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there,   ___59 ___ his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to grow into a man and have children of my own  ____60____I realized how much he had sacrificed.  I joined the United States Air  _ 61_   in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home ___ 62___  , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could ___ 63__ _your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his    _64 ___ in his ability to play so well for his family. In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was  _  65___   in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand   ______66__  by the machine. He didn't lose enough of the finger   __67__  it would stop him picking up anything, but it did  _  68_   his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, When I came home and asked him to play, Dad would make   ___69___    for why he couldn't play. For the family it didn't make any    __70_ ___ that Dad couldn't play as well. In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life     _71 ___   dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the   _  _72__    time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few     _73 __   . When I looked around, there was not a   _ 74_    eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life,   _ _75_____. As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin! 56. A. equipment                  B. instrument                C. musical                    D. musician 57. A. read                          B. see                           C. look at                     D. copy 58. A. audience                    B. employer                  C. family                      D. friends 59. A. employing                  B. devoting                   C. spending                  D. wasting 60. A. since                         B. when                       C. after                        D. before 61. A. Power                       B. Energy                     C. Force                       D. Strength 62. A. on duty                      B. on holiday                 C. on vacation        D. on leave 63. A. feel                           B. touch                       C. contact                    D. keep 64. A. proud                        B. pride                        C. please                   D. praise 65. A. involved                     B. participated        C. took part                  D. joined 66. A. cut in                        B. cut up                      C. cut off                            D. cut out 67. A. which                        B. that                          C. what                       D. where 68. A. destroy                      B. affect                       C. effect                       D. injure 69. A. uses                          B. preparations              C. excuses                    D. impressions 70. A. difference                  B. sense                       C. comment                  D. decision 71. A. at                              B. on                            C. off                           D. in 72. A. first                           B. latest                        C. last                          D. longest 73. A. notes                         B. bills                          C. symbols                   D. signs 74. A. wet                           B. dry                          C. cried                        D. crying 75. A. sponsoring                 B. taking                       C. distributing              D. giving 答案：BACAD   CDBBA    CDBCA     DCABD

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