B(2025·无锡市锡山高级中学期末)
"Wanted：Violin. Can't pay much. Call..."
Why did I notice that? I wondered，since I seldom looked at such ads.
I put the paper on my lap and closed my eyes，remembering what had happened many years before，when my family struggled to make a living on our farm. I，too，had wanted a violin，but we couldn't afford.
When my arms grew long enough，how I wanted one! But I knew it was out of the question.
It was not a good year. The crops did not bring as much as we had hoped at harvest. Yet even though times was hard，I couldn't wait any longer to ask，"Daddy，may I have a violin of my own?"
Daddy looked sad. That night，and many following nights，I heard him remind God in our family devotions(祈祷)，"... and Lord，Mary wants her own violin."
One evening we all sat at the table. Daddy wrote a letter to his friend，Mr Finkle，a fine violinist.
When Daddy received a letter from Columbus a few weeks later，he announced，"We'll be driving to Columbus."
The day finally arrived. After we got there，Mr Finkle，a tall man，opened the door. "Come in!" He picked up a case，opened it，lifted out a violin and started to play.
"Carl，I found it in a pawn shop for seven dollars. It's a good violin. Mary should be able to make beautiful music with it." Then he handed the violin to me.
I noticed the tears in Daddy's eyes as I finally understood. It was mine!
When I was ready to join the school orchestra(管弦乐队)，I trembled with excitement. I sat in the third row of violins and wore my white orchestra jacket like a royal robe. My heart beat wildly at my first public performance，a school operetta(轻歌剧). I felt sure everyone in the audience was watching me. Daddy and Mother smiled proudly at their little girl. And soon I found myself in the first-violin chair.
I thought of Daddy，who did all he could to fill my desires when I was young. I wondered if I had ever thanked him.
At last I picked up the newspaper，walked to the phone and dialed the number. Later that day，a young man knocked on the door. "My daughter wants a violin so badly，" he said. "How much are you asking?" Any music store，I knew，would offer me a nice price. But now I heard my voice answer，"Seven dollars."
"Are you sure?" he asked，reminding me so much of Daddy.
Later，I saw his wife and children waiting in an old car. The door suddenly opened and a young girl ran to him. She hugged the violin case against her，then dropped to her knees and snapped open the case. She touched the violin lightly as it caught the glow of the late-afternoon sun，then turned and threw her arm around her smiling father.

()4. What does the underlined phrase "out of the question" mean?
A. Unexpected.
B. Impossible.
C. Unimportant.
D. Unsure.
()5. 新考法 事件排序 What is the CORRECT order of the following events?
① I noticed an advertisement in the newspaper.
② My father's friend，a fine violinist，gave me a violin.
③ I sold the violin to a father at the price of seven dollars.
④ I joined the school orchestra and took the first-violin chair soon.
⑤ My family led a hard life and couldn't afford a violin that I wanted so much.
A. ①⑤②④③
B. ①②⑤④③
C. ⑤②④①③
D. ⑤①②④③
()6. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Mary passed her love to others in the way Mr Finkle did.
B. The young man's family had no money to pay for the violin.
C. Mary offered the violin to her friend's daughter with pleasure.
D. Mary knew why her father took her to Columbus before going.
()7. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. A violinist and a father
B. A little girl and her father
C. The violin in an advertisement
D. The violin in the setting sun