Question

  Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打击乐)  in Scotland. In an interview，she recalled how she became a percussion soloist in spite of her disability.

“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 northeastScotlandand began 2      piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got,the more my passion for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 3      . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 4      and by age twelve,I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 5      me. ”

“My 6      was to become a percussion soloist,even though there were

none at that time. To perform,I 7      to ‘hear’ music differently from others.

I play in my stocking feet and can 8      the pitch of a note(音调高低)  by the vibrations(振动) I feel through my body and through my 9      . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 10      that I have. ”

“I was 11      to be assessed(评定)  as a musician,not as a deaf musician,and I applied (申请)  to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London.  No other deaf student had 12      this before and some teachers 13      my admission. Based on my performance,I was 14      admitted and went on to 15      with the academy’s highest honours. ”

“After that,I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 16      and arranged a lot of musical compositions since  17      had been writ ten specially for solo percussionists. ”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 18      the doctor thought I was totally deaf,it didn’t 19      that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 20      by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go to. ”

1. A.  conditions   B. opinions   C. actions   D. suggestions

2. A.  enjoying   B. choosing   C. taking   D. giving

3. A.  sight   B. hearing   C. touch   D. taste

4. A.  evidence   B. result   C. excuse   D. cause

5. A. left   B. excited   C. accompanied   D. disappointed

6.  A. purpose   B. decision   C. promise   D. goal

7. A.  turned   B. learned   C. used   D. ought

8.  A. tell   B. see   C. hear   D. smell

9. A.  carefulness   B. movement   C. imagination   D. experience

10. A.  sense   B. effort   C. feeling   D. idea

11. A. dissatisfied   B. astonished   C. determined   D. discouraged

12. A.  done   B. accepted   C. advised   D. admitted

13. A.  supported   B. followed   C. required   D. opposed

14. A. usually   B. finally   C. possibly   D. hopefully

15. A.  study   B. research   C. graduate   D. progress

16. A.  wrote   B. translated   C. copied   D. read

17. A.  enough   B. some   C. many   D. few

18. A.  However   B. Although   C. When   D. Since

19. A.  mean   B. seem   C. conclude   D. say

20. A.  directed   B. guided   C. taught   D. limited

Answer 1

1. B从上下文可知Glemiie不想让别人的看法左右自己成为音乐家的理想。 

3. B从下文可知，Glennie的听觉逐渐丧失，直到12岁时完全;失聪。

4. D神经损伤是Glennie失去听觉的主要原因(cause) 。evidence 证据;result 结果;excuse 借口。

5. A

6. D goal 目标;purpose 目的;decision 决定;promise 许诺。

7. B learn to do sth学习做某事;turn to转向(某人寻求帮助) ；used to过去常常;ought to应该。

8. A tell辨别;see看到;hear听到;smell闻到。此处是说i Glermie通过振动来辨别音调的高低。

9. C为了分辨音调的高低，Glennie除了利用身体对振动的感觉，还可以利用她的想象力(imagination) 。

10. A “我”只有通过调动全部的感觉(sense) 器官才能弥补失聪的遗憾来感受周围世界。定语从句that I have 修饰sense。effort努力;feeling感情;idea想法。A项符合句意。 

11. C Glennie下定决心要被别人评为一名音乐家，而不是一名聋人音乐家。dissatisfied不满意的;astonished惊 讶的;discouraged气倭的。

12. A没有其他失聪学生做过(done) 这件事。accept接受;advise建议;admit承认。根据语意可知A项正确。

13. D因为以前没有其他失聪学生被录取，所以一些老师反对(oppose) Glennie进入皇家音乐学院。

14. B由于Glennie的表现，她最终(finally) 被录取。

15. C以最高的成绩从皇家音乐学院毕业(graduate) 。

16. A write musical compositions 作曲。

17. D   

18. B although引导让步状语从句。从语意判断，B项最佳。 

19. A

20. D Glermie根据自己的切身体会告诫人们：不要被別人的说法所禁锢。