Question

       Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland．In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员） 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 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 gradually lose my  3__．Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the  4and 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 （震动） I feel through my body and 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 as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied 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 written 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．”

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

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.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A 

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A                               

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C                               

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.D