My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldnt __8__ lessons.He could have gone on regretting it，__9__ too many of us do.But though he was rooted in his past，he wasnt __10__ there.When he retired three years ago，he __11__ his church music director to take him as a student.

　　For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he __12__ stared down at his fingers.Has he forgotten the __13__？I worried，remembering those split seconds __14__ ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would __15__.But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the __16__ fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines.And I __17__ he had been doing what music teachers always stress：__18__ the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

　　“I’m __19__ of him for starting something new at his age，”I said to my son Jeff.

　　“Yeah，and doing it so __20__，”Jeff added.

　　With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30－plus years ago.

　　【语篇导读】　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，一年一度的钢琴演奏让作者无奈，而父亲退休后开始学习的经历教会作者勇气与信心比什么都重要。

　　1．A.reflected

　　B．explained

　　C．meant

　　D．proved

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