15．請認真閱讀下面短文，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個最佳選項補全短文．
"Daddy，can I learn to play the violin？"young Sarah asked her father．She was always（36）Dthings and her father was not very pleased．
"You cost me a lot of money，Sarah，"he said．"（37）A you wanted to leam horse riding，then dancing，then swimming．Now it's the（38）B．"
"I'll play every day，Daddy，"Sarah said．"I'Il try very hard．"
"All right，"her father said．"I know（39）C．I'll do．I'll pay for you to have lessons for six
weeks．At the end of six weeks you（40）Aplay something for me．If you play well，you can have（41）Clessons．If you play badly，I will stop the lessons．"
"OK．Daddy，"Sarah said．"That is（42）D．"
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons．The lessons were very
expensive，but her father kept his（43）B．
The six weeks passed quickly．It was time for Sarah（44）Bfor her father．
She began to play．She played very（45）A．She made a terrible noise．
Her father had one of his friends with him，and the friend put his hands（46）D his ears．
When Sarah finished，her father said，"（47）C，Sarah．You can have more lessons．"
Sarah ran happily out of the room．Her father's friend turned to him．"You've spent a lot of money，（48）B she still plays very badly，"he said．
"Well，that's true，"her father said．"But since she started learning the violin，I（49）Dable to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply．In（50）Csix weeks I'II own the whole building!"
| 36、A．caring for | B．preparing for | C．sending for | D．a(chǎn)sking for |
| 37、A．First | B．Second | C．Next | D．Finally |
| 38、A．guitar | B．violin | C．piano | D．game |
| 39、A．which | B．that | C．what | D．how |
| 40、A．must | B．can | C．may | D．might |
| 41、A．many | B．much | C．more | D．fewer |
| 42、A．impossible | B．unfair | C．funny | D．fair |
| 43、A．waming | B．promise | C．notice | D．excuse |
| 44、A．for playing | B．to play | C．to work | D．for working |
| 45、A．badly | B．well | C．better | D．worse |
| 46、A．off | B．in | C．behind | D．over |
| 47、A．Terrible | B．Too bad | C．Well done | D．Sorry |
| 48、A．or | B．but | C．though | D．so |
| 49、A．will be | B．was | C．a(chǎn)m | D．have been |
| 50、A．other | B．more | C．a(chǎn)nother | D．the other |
