18．A Welcome Gift
Dario and his mother loved their new apartment．The living room was large enough for their piano．That night，the two of them（36）Aside by side at the piano．They played jazz music to celebrate their new home．The loud（37）Cfilled the room and made them feel very happy．
The next morning，（38）B，their happiness disappeared．Someone had left a （39）Aunder their door during the night．One of their neighbor had written to complain（抱怨） about the sound of the piano．Dario's mother asked the building superintendent（管理員） if he knew anything about it．But he said that they were all（40）Dpeople and he couldn't imagine any of them had done that．Later that morning，Dario suggested that they write a letter to their（41）Aand apologize for their playing．
"Maybe we could go and（42）Deveryone in person．"his mother said．
"What if we invited them to come here for a（43）Ainstead？Dario asked．
They both loved the（44）B．Over the next few days，they sent out invitations and prepared desserts（45Ctheir guests．They decorated the apartment with streamers（彩帶） and party lights．
Finally，the day of the party（46）B．Some guests brought presents．Others brought flowers．Some even brought desserts to（47）C．One woman，Mrs．Gilbert，（48）BDario's mother with a book of piano music by Chopin．
"I heard you playing the other night，"she said．"The sounds woke me out of bed．I（49）Dthat you might play like this every night．So I wrote a short note．I hope you don't think I disliked the playing．"
Dario's mother smiled at Mrs．Gilbert．"I think maybe we（50）Dyou an apology．"she said．"I didn't（51）Ahow late it was when we were playing．Maybe we should play some quieter music at night．
"You play，you play!"Mrs．Gilbert said．"I like what you play!Just not so loud at night．"She pointed to the book she had given them．"These songs are not such（52）Dmusic．"
"These songs are beautiful music．"Dario's mother said．"We will be（53）Cto play them in the evening．"
"And we won't play so loud or late!"Dario said．He was already looking forward to（54）Bthe new music．More than that，however，he was happy to see the big smile on his mother's face．It gave him a feeling of（55）Cand made him feel that they were home at last．
| 36．A．sat | B．stood | C．lay | D．walked |
| 37．A．voice | B．ring | C．music | D．cry |
| 38．A．therefore | B．however | C．otherwise | D．instead |
| 39．A．note | B．poster | C．bill | D．report |
| 40．A．proud | B．rich | C．lucky | D．nice |
| 41．A．neighbors | B．frien ds | C．relatives | D．a(chǎn)udience |
| 42．A．blame | B．instruct | C．question | D．visit |
| 43．A．party | B．con cert | C．show | D．play |
| 44．A．experience | B．idea | C．performance | D．a(chǎn)ction |
| 45．A．to | B．with | C．for | D．from |
| 46．A．continued | B．a(chǎn)rrived | C．passed | D．finished |
| 47．A．order | B．sell | C．share | D．a(chǎn)dvertise |
| 48．A．treated | B．presented | C．helped | D．served |
| 49．A．promised | B．a(chǎn)dmitted | C．a(chǎn)greed | D．worried |
| 50．A．give | B．send | C．offer | D．owe |
| 51．A．realize | B．remember | C．understand | D．a(chǎn)ccept |
| 52．A．sweet | B．strange | C．funny | D．loud |
| 53．A．brave | B．sorry | C．happy | D．a(chǎn)fraid |
| 54．A．changing | B．practicing | C．recording | D．writing |
| 55．A．equality | B．freedom | C．warmth | D．sympathy |
