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[2017·江苏卷] 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 For a long time Gabriel didnt want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school，Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students, __36__ across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, __37__ at school for practice hours __38__ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to __39__ music，as he hated getting to school extra early. __40__，one day，in the music class that was __41__of his schools standard curriculum，he was playing idly (随意地) on the piano and found it __42__to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling，he realized that he actually __43__doing it. He tried to hide his __44__pleasure from the music teacher，who had __45__over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well，__46__the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good __47__ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music storeroom to see if any of the instruments there __48__him.There he decided to give the cello (大提琴) a __49__．When he began practising，he took it very __50__．But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument，and was __51__to practising it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well. This __52__，of course，that he arrived at school early in the morning，__53__his heavy instrument case across the campus to the __54__looks of the nonmusicians he had left__55__． 36.A.travelling B.marching C.pacing D.struggling 37. A.rising up B.coming up C.driving up D.turning up 38. A.before B.after C.until D.since 39. A.betray B.accept C.avoid D.appreciate 40. A.Therefore B.However C.Thus D.Moreover 41. A.part B.nature C.basis D.spirit 42. A.complicate B.safe C.confusing D.easy 43. A.missed B.disliked C.enjoyed D.denied 44. A.transparent B.obvious