Question

  Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打擊樂(lè))  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(音調(diào)高低)  by the vibrations(振動(dòng)) 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(評(píng)定)  as a musician,not as a deaf musician,and I applied (申請(qǐng))  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從上下文可知Glemiie不想讓別人的看法左右自己成為音樂(lè)家的理想。 

3. B從下文可知，Glennie的聽(tīng)覺(jué)逐漸喪失，直到12歲時(shí)完全;失聰。

4. D神經(jīng)損傷是Glennie失去聽(tīng)覺(jué)的主要原因(cause) 。evidence 證據(jù);result 結(jié)果;excuse 借口。

5. A

6. D goal 目標(biāo);purpose 目的;decision 決定;promise 許諾。

7. B learn to do sth學(xué)習(xí)做某事;turn to轉(zhuǎn)向(某人尋求幫助) ；used to過(guò)去常常;ought to應(yīng)該。

8. A tell辨別;see看到;hear聽(tīng)到;smell聞到。此處是說(shuō)i Glermie通過(guò)振動(dòng)來(lái)辨別音調(diào)的高低。

9. C為了分辨音調(diào)的高低，Glennie除了利用身體對(duì)振動(dòng)的感覺(jué)，還可以利用她的想象力(imagination) 。

10. A “我”只有通過(guò)調(diào)動(dòng)全部的感覺(jué)(sense) 器官才能彌補(bǔ)失聰?shù)倪z憾來(lái)感受周?chē)�世界。定語(yǔ)從句that I have 修飾sense。effort努力;feeling感情;idea想法。A項(xiàng)符合句意。 

11. C Glennie下定決心要被別人評(píng)為一名音樂(lè)家，而不是一名聾人音樂(lè)家。dissatisfied不滿(mǎn)意的;astonished驚 訝的;discouraged氣倭的。

12. A沒(méi)有其他失聰學(xué)生做過(guò)(done) 這件事。accept接受;advise建議;admit承認(rèn)。根據(jù)語(yǔ)意可知A項(xiàng)正確。

13. D因?yàn)橐郧皼](méi)有其他失聰學(xué)生被錄取，所以一些老師反對(duì)(oppose) Glennie進(jìn)入皇家音樂(lè)學(xué)院。

14. B由于Glennie的表現(xiàn)，她最終(finally) 被錄取。

15. C以最高的成績(jī)從皇家音樂(lè)學(xué)院畢業(yè)(graduate) 。

16. A write musical compositions 作曲。

17. D   

18. B although引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。從語(yǔ)意判斷，B項(xiàng)最佳。 

19. A

20. D Glermie根據(jù)自己的切身體會(huì)告誡人們：不要被別人的說(shuō)法所禁錮。