Question

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. conditions     B. opinions         C. advantages   D. recommendations

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

【小题 3】A. sight          B. hearing          C. touch            D. taste

【小题 4】A. evidence       B. result               C. excuse       D. cause

【小题 5】A. job            B. opinion          C. promise      D. goal

【小题 6】A. tell           B. see              C. hear         D. smell

【小题 7】A. feeling        B. effort               C. sense            D. idea

【小题 8】A. done           B. accepted         C. advised      D. refused

【小题 9】A. study          B. offer                C. graduate     D. educate

【小题 10】A. As            B. Although         C. Because      D. Since

Answer

【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

【解析】

 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。

 此题考查动词，固定短语take a lesson,意思是上课。

 此题考查名词，根据上文的“deafness”提示可知，选择B。

 此题重点考查名词，根据语境可知选择D.

 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.

 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.

 此题考查名词，根据语境可知，“我”通过每个感官来感觉声音。

 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。

 此题考查动词不定式做目的状语。

 此题考查连词，连接让步状语从句，表示“尽管”之意。