"I heard you playing the other night，" she said. "The sounds woke me out of bed. I __14__ that 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 __15__ you an apology，" she said. "I didn't __16__ how 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 __17__ music."

　　"These songs are beautiful music，" Dario's mother said. "We will be __18__ to play them in the evening."

　　"And we won't play so loud or late！" Dario said. He was already looking forward to __19__ the 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 __20__ and made him feel that they were home at last.

　　语篇解读：Dario和他母亲因乔迁新居在深夜弹钢琴庆祝而影响了邻居的休息，后来他们通过举办一个聚会加强了彼此之间的沟通和理解。

　　1．A.sat　　　　　　　 B．stood

　　C．lay D．walked

　　解析：选A　根据空后的"side by side at the piano"可知，他们应该是坐(sat)在一起的。

　　2．A.voice B．ring

　　C．music D．cry

　　解析：选C　根据上文中的"They played jazz music"可知这里应该是吵闹的音乐(music)充满了整个房间。

　　3．A.therefore B．however

　　C．otherwise D．instead

　　解析：选B　根据上文中的"made them feel very happy"以及空后的"their happiness disappeared"可知，此处应为转折关系，故用however。

　　4．A.note B．poster

　　C．bill D．report

　　解析：选A　根据下文中的"One of their neighbors had written to complain (抱怨) about the sound of the piano."可知，这里指一张便条(note)。

　　5．A.proud B．rich

C．lucky D．nice