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    Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she talked about how she became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of deafness.
    “Early on I decided not to allow the   1  of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   2  piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to lose my   3 . Doctors told me that the nerve damage(神经损伤) was the  4  and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never left me.”
    “My   5  was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can  6  the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my imagination. My sound world exists by making use of almost every   7 that I have.”
    “I decided to be a musician even though I was deaf, and applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   8  this before and some teachers disagreed with me. Because of my performance, I finally entered the academy and went on to  9  with the academy’s highest honors a few years later.”
    “I’ve been a soloist for more than ten years. 10  the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t mean that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be limited by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
    小题1:
    A．conditionsB．opinionsC．advantagesD．recommendations
    小题2:
    A．enjoyingB．choosingC．takingD．giving
    小题3:
    A．sightB．hearingC．touchD．taste
    小题4:
    A．evidenceB．resultC．excuseD．cause
    小题5:
    A．job B．opinionC．promiseD．goal
    小题6:
    A．tellB．seeC．hearD．smell
    小题7:
    A．feeling B．effortC．senseD．idea
    小题8:
    A．doneB．acceptedC．advisedD．refused
    小题9:
    A．studyB．offerC．graduateD．educate
    小题10:
    A．AsB．AlthoughC．BecauseD．Since

    【小题 1】B
    【小题 2】C
    【小题 3】B
    【小题 4】D
    【小题 5】D
    【小题 6】A
    【小题 7】C
    【小题 8】A
    【小题 9】C
    【小题 10】B

    小题1:此题考查名词，根据上下文可知，此处应选择opinoins,意思是观点或看法。
    小题2:此题考查动词，固定短语take a lesson,意思是上课。
    小题3:此题考查名词，根据上文的“deafness”提示可知，选择B。
    小题4:此题重点考查名词，根据语境可知选择D.
    小题5:此题考查名词，根据语境可知，他的理想或愿望是成为一名打击乐演员，故选D.
    小题6:此题考查动词，根据语境可知“我”根据震动来辨别音的高低，故选B.
    小题7:此题考查名词，根据语境可知，“我”通过每个感官来感觉声音。
    小题8:此题考查动词，根据句意可知，以前没有一个聋哑学生这样做过。
    小题9:此题考查动词不定式做目的状语。
    小题10:此题考查连词，连接让步状语从句，表示“尽管”之意。
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