阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The piano, ever since its creation, has had a great impact on the world of music. I have been playing the piano since I was four. I wasn't going to money through it—so there must have been something worth holding on to, right?
The easy guess is that I was always so deeply in love with and piano that I couldn't to let them go, even though my life got busier. But the truth was more complicated than that. I used to a lot with piano. Peers who played the instrument made me feel competitive. I felt pressure to improve and be the best to myself. Gradually, the seed of my in music grew through and doubt.
It's to love something that you don't choose from your heart. I didn't choose piano; for a while, it was more of a nuisance (讨厌的事物) than a hobby. But somehow, sometime, grew. By high school, I found something that made it worth it for me to for my own connection to the art. And I met teachers who me and helped me turn the nuisance into
what I loved. I found confidence not because I got good enough, but because I learned that what I had was enough to be loved.
The love and hate I've had for the piano were and grown; neither existed innately (天生地) nor permanently. If you have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be changed, and love can make a in its place.
21. ()A. raise B. make C. save D. exchange
22. ()A. singing B. performance C. music D. relaxation
23. ()A. plan B. bear C. refuse D. expect
24. ()A. practice B. compare C. struggle D. gain
25. ()A. seldom B. hardly C. never D. often
26. ()A. introduce B. express C. prove D. teach
27. ()A. interest B. ability C. belief D. taste
28. ()A. adventure B. competition C. confidence D. failure
29. ()A. wise B. natural C. difficult D. strange
30. ()A. safety B. love C. chance D. trust
31. ()A. care B. leave C. wait D. fight
32. ()A. encouraged B. thanked C. ignored D. followed
33. ()A. simple B. quiet C. expensive D. good
34. ()A. missed B. weakened C. stopped D. planted
35. ()A. home B. rule C. wish D. move

语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者学习钢琴从讨厌到热爱的过程，由此告诉读者兴趣是可以培养的。
21. B 根据下文的“so there must have been something worth holding on to”及下文讲到作者对音乐的热爱可知，作者不打算通过(演奏)钢琴来赚钱。make money 意为“赚钱”。故选 B。
22. C 根据第二段最后一句“Gradually, the seed of my ____ in music grew through ...”可知，此处应表示一种简单的猜测是作者深深热爱音乐和钢琴。故选 C。
23. B 根据上文的“so deeply in love with music and piano”及下文的“even though my life got busier”可知，此处表示一种简单的猜测是作者非常热爱音乐和钢琴，所以无法忍受让音乐和钢琴离开他的生活。故选 B。
24. C 上文说作者热爱音乐和钢琴是一种简单的猜测，事实远比这复杂。再根据下文的“I felt pressure to improve”可知，作者过去常常是在艰难地学钢琴。故选 C。
25. D 根据下文的“made me feel competitive”及“I felt pressure to improve”可知，演奏钢琴的同龄人经常让作者产生竞争心理。故选 D。
26. C 根据语境及上文的“I felt pressure to improve and be the best”可知，作者感到有压力，必须不断进步，要做到最好来证明自己。故选 C。
27. A 根据上文提到的作者曾经艰难地学钢琴并感受到来自同龄人的竞争压力及 Gradually 可知，此处表示作者对音乐逐渐产生了兴趣。故选 A。
28. B 根据上文的“made me feel competitive”可知，此处表示作者对音乐感兴趣的种子是在竞争和怀疑中逐渐生长起来的。故选 B。
29. C 根据下文的“to love something that you don't choose from your heart”和常识可知，很难去热爱一个不是发自内心选择的东西。故选 C。
30. B 根据上文的“I didn't choose piano; for a while, it was more of a nuisance(讨厌的事物) than a hobby.”和该句中的 But 表示转折及下文的“turn the nuisance into what I loved”可知，此处应表示作者对钢琴产生了热爱。故选 B。
31. D 根据下文的“And I met teachers who ____ me and helped me turn the nuisance into what I loved.”可知，作者发现了一些值得为自己与艺术的联系而奋斗的东西。故选 D。
32. A 根据下文的“helped me turn the nuisance into what I loved”可知，作者遇到了一些老师，他们鼓励并帮助作者把讨厌的东西变成喜欢的东西。故选 A。
33. D 根据上文的“I found confidence not because I got good enough”及下文的“enough to be loved”可知，作者知道自己拥有的都足够好，值得被爱。故选 D。
34. D 根据下文的“and grown; neither existed innately(天生地) nor permanently”可知，作者对钢琴的爱与恨是被种下并生长出来的，不是天生存在，也不是永远存在的。故选 D。
35. A 根据上文的“with commitment”及下文的“in its place”和文章讲述的作者学习钢琴的经历可知，对某个东西认真投入，坚持付出，爱就可以在这个地方安家，即你就会爱上它。故选 A。