1. (2017·盐城模拟) 完形填空题从A.B.C.D.
    What power does music have? Band of Hope, a student band in the US, once again brought joy with their music to young patients at a local children's 1.
    The children really get a lot from 2with other children in the community, said Ashley Boguszewski, a specialist at Pediatric Specialty Care (a nursing specialty organization for children) .
    Seventh and eighth graders at Hopewell Junior High School formed the band3. On May 27, they were already playing their sixth concert, performing to 20 children at the hospital. The band members4hosted a story time for the patients and brought small5for them to play.
    The band's 27 members meet once a week for a 6practice after school.  Each month, the band heads to Pediatric Specialty Care to perform a mini 7. They play popular music such as songs from the movies Frozen and The Little Mermaid.
    Eighth-grader Liam Watters, 13, plays the baritone (男中音) in the band. During one concert, he8that one of the patients 9to listen to the singing, so he and a few other band members went back to the patient's room and 10to him.
     “That was really11. ” Liam said. “They had big smiles12their faces.”
     “We're hoping that it's something that grows and becomes an even 13part of our cultures here,” said Kerry Wilson, director of the band, “it really14a sense that we're all one community and good citizenship15.”