Starting from my second year of primary school, there was one event I hated every year: the piano recial（独奏会）. I didn't want to practice a boring piece of music and was scared to perform in front of strangers. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital just this once. And he would say something about building self-confidence and working toward a goal.

So I was very satisfied when I stood in the church and watched my father play the piano during his very first recital. My father wanted to play music when he was small. But his mother couldn't afford lessons.

Three years ago, when he retired, he asked the church music director,Charles, to take him as a student. Just before the recital, Charles told me my dad was playing "the best I've ever seen him" .

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he simply looked down at his fingers. I wondered whether he would even begin.

But the Aram Khachaturian's melody began. It seemed that my father was so focused on the music that he didn't realize we were there. My dad made it through the melody and then through another song. Although he didn't have many skills , he made up for it in feelings.

My 11-year-old son Jeff was there. "So what did you think about your granddad?" I asked Jeff later. "He was great, " Jeff replied.

My father may not have reached his peak musically, but in his grandson's eyes, he's at the top of the mountain.

【小题1】From the first paragraph, we know the writer ____________  .

A．practiced the piano every day

B．didn't like to play the piano at all

C．was confident at piano recital

D．was always working toward his goal

【小题2】When watching his father play the piano, the writer felt ____________ .

A．worried

B．sad

C．happy

D．proud

【小题3】Which is NOT true about the writer's father?

A．He was poor when he was a child.

B．He gave the piano recital the year he retired.

C．The music teacher was proud of him.

D．He had learned the piano for three years.

【小题4】People liked the performance of the writer's father because he .

A．played with his feelings	B．communicated with people
C．was an old learner	D．practiced hard

【小题5】What does the story tell us?

A．Learning an instrument is easy for old people.

B．Skills for playing an instrument arc not very important.

C．Children should respect parents decisions.

D．Never give up your dreams no matter how old you are.