阅读下面短文，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I had been inside the prison called Gander Hill several times already by the time I met Ray in the spring of 1993. My father worked there with a group, 36 inmates (犯人) to improve their communication and speaking skills. I was a senior in 37 , majoring in speech communications, and 38 I started my own volunteer student group at Gander Hill.
Teaching communication 39 getting people to tell their stories, but Ray could tell you how much he 40 playing his guitar without speaking. Sometimes he moved his hands across the air as if he were playing his favorite blues scale. He always gave me a slight 41 when he saw me come into the small church for the meeting. He loved 42 his guitar stories. Although he had been an inmate at Gander Hill for over a decade, he always had a song in his head, 43 ，one that he said he had been writing in his mind since his 44 . He looked forward to playing ag
