二、完形填空。(共 8 分，每小题 1 分)
　　I take after my mother. From her I took over a curious nature, a sense ofadventure and bright red hair. However, I did not receive a talent (才能) for ______ (13) from her.
　　My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart. She found a strict Russian woman to be my piano teacher when I was four. I did whatever the teacher told me in order to ______ (14) her. "Feel the music," she always told me. I "felt" it. But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously? She "felt" my music, too, which is why she always left with a(an) ______ (15) expression.
　　Once, in order to ______ (16) my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals (练习) , I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to ______ (17) why I always missed the same note. She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.
　　Realizing I couldn't be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument.From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn't play any of them ______ (18).
　　Then my mother hit on another idea. She took me to a drama ( 戏剧) teacher. However, the teacher put me into painting scenery (舞台布景) instead of teaching to sing. Immediately I fell in love with this active and practical world, and I discovered that I had a skill for building and painting. I loved the ______ (19) of taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful!
　　I'm a sculptor (雕刻家) now, and every day I ______ (20) once again the pleasure of being fully involved in the act of artistic creation. It's a wonderful feeling. I realize that my mother was trying to give me this feeling. Perhaps she went about it in the wrong way, but her heart was in the right place.
　　13. A. music         B. sports         C. cooking         D. writing
　　14. A. praise         B. please         C. believe         D. help
　　15. A. excited         B. happy         C. angry         D. shy
　　16. A. stop         B. continue         C. begin         D. escape
　　17. A. require         B. argue         C. wonder         D. expect
　　18. A. secretly         B. perfectly         C. quietly         D. politely
　　19. A. challenge     B. change         C. risk             D. advice
　　20. A. create         B. consider         C. share         D. experience