Everyone in Excelsior，Minnesota，is too busy rushing to work to notice the lone figure climbing up to old Oak Hill Cemetery．Gary Marquardt （1）AAa tomb with an American flag on it，raises his trumpet（小號），and（2）AA．"I am doing something for these guys"，he says． "It is kind of like being among（3）AA．"
Gary will（4）CCdo his job over the next 45 minutes：finding a soldier，saying his（5）DDand then playing taps．"I always think about the funeral，people（6）AAaround here，so sad about the loss of their （7）BBone，and then it is （8）DDand you are left with this，"Gary says，looking down at a grave．
The graveyard visits started three years ago，（9）CCGary attended the funeral of a friend's father，who had（10）CCduring World WarⅡ．It（11）CCGary that not a trumpet was being used for taps but a recording． "It just seemed that after what they have given，a（n）（12）CC person playing taps was not much to ask for，"he says．
There was only one（13）BBthat Gary had never played a trumpet．He（14）AABugles Across America （BAA），an organization that provides trumpets for army funerals for army funerals They told him he would need to（15）DDso he walked into a（16）CCand bought a trumpet．Then he started to practice．
"It was awful，"said Gary's wife，Joanie Marquardt，with a laugh．
"I would have（17）AA．"adds Gary．Instead，he took lessons． "We were all hoping he would get （18）DD"says Joanie． "And then he did．"
Through BAA，Gary（19）AAat funerals roughly a hundred times a year． "I do not play perfect every time，"he says， "but it （20）DDthe heart．"
| （1） | A．spots | B．enters | C．builds | D．digs |
| （2） | A．plays | B．celebrates | C．cries | D．dances |
| （3） | A．friends | B．forests | C．soldiers | D．streets |
| （4） | A．directly | B．positively | C．repeatedly | D．privately |
| （5） | A．name | B．request | C．lesson | D．sentence |
| （6） | A．standing | B．looking | C．talking | D．walking |
| （7） | A．learned | B．loved | C．determined | D．experienced |
| （8） | A．clear | B．noisy | C．off | D．over |
| （9） | A．though | B．while | C．a(chǎn)fter | D．so |
| （10） | A．struggled | B．disappeared | C．served | D．won |
| （11） | A．a(chǎn)mused | B．thrilled | C．bothered | D．embarrassed |
| （12） | A．a(chǎn)ctual | B．wise | C．kind | D．handsome |
| （13） | A．secret | B．chance | C．fact | D．problem |
| （14） | A．called | B．formed | C．recognized | D．invited |
| （15） | A．check | B．cooperate | C．fight | D．practice |
| （16） | A．village | B．theater | C．store | D．studio |
| （17） | A．given up | B．broken in | C．sped up | D．turned in |
| （18） | A．stronger | B．calmer | C．taller | D．better |
| （19） | A．volunteers | B．waits | C．sings | D．studies |
| （20） | A．consists of | B．cares about | C．suffers from | D．comes from |
【考點(diǎn)】做人與做事．
【答案】A；A；A；C；D；A；B；D；C；C；C；C；B；A；D；C；A；D；A；D
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