Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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    of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began    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    . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the    and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never     me.

“My     was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I    to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can     the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my     . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every    that I have.

“I was     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            this before and some teachers     my admission. Based on my performance, I was     admitted and went to    with the academy’s highest honors.

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

“I have been a soloist for over ten years.          the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t    that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be    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

【解析】

1. 考查名词。conditions“条件；情况”；opinion“观点，见解”；action“行动”；recommendation“推荐；建议”。根据语境可知作者从小耳朵有残疾，所以不想让别人的看法影响他成为一名音乐家。故选B。

2. 考查动词。enjoy lesson“喜欢上课”；choose“选择课程”；take lesson“上课”； give lesson“教课”。根据句意：我在苏格兰北部的农场出生，在八岁时开始上钢琴课。故选C。

3. 考查名词。根据后文中提到的“by age twelve, I was completely deaf.”可知是在12岁时聋了，因此是失去了听力。Sight“视力”；hearing“听觉”；touch“触觉”；taste“味觉”。故选B。

4. 考查名词。根据句意：“医生总结说神经损伤是主要的原因。并在12岁时聋了。”可知cause“引起的原因”符合题意。故选D。evidence“证据“；result “结果”；excuse“借口”。

5. 考查动词。leave“离开，远离”；excite“使……兴奋”；accompany“陪同，伴随”；disappoint“使……失望”。根据句意可知，作者对音乐的热爱从未失去。故选A。

6. 考查名词。 purpose“意图；用途；意志”；decision“决定”；promise“承诺”；goal“目的，目标”。根据该句意思：我的目标是成为打击乐器独奏演员，即使当时并不存在。故选D。

7. 考查动词。turn“转变，转向”； learn“学会”；use“使用”； ought“应该”。根据该句意思：为了表演我学会了跟其他人不同的听音乐方式。learn to do sth. 学会做某事。故选B。

8. 考查动词。句意为：我用我穿着袜子的脚来弹，并能通过振动辨别出音调高低。tell“告诉；辨别出”，故选A。

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11. 考查形容词。句意为：我下定决心要被评为一位音乐家，而不是聋哑音乐家，并向有名的皇家音乐学院递交了申请。dissatisfied“不满意的”； astonished“吃惊的”；determined“下定决心的，意志坚定的”；discouraged“气馁的”。Be determined to do=make up one’s mind to do 下定决心做某事。

12. 考查动词。根据前一句可知此句想要表达“没有聋哑学生之前这样做过”。do“做”；accept“接受”；advise“建议”；admit“承认”。故选A。

13. 考查动词。support“支持”；follow“跟随”；require“请求”；oppose“反对”。根据前句推测出该句意思是：有些老师也反对我这样做。故选D。

14. 考查副词。usually“通常”；finally“最后”；possibly“可能地”；hopefully“有希望地”。根据后半句“and went to with the academy’s highest honors.”的提示，推测出是最后被大学录取了。故选B。

15. 考查动词。study“学习”； research“研究”；graduate“毕业”；progress“进步”。根据空前的提示推测出句子意思：最后我被大学录取了，而且还以本专业的最高荣誉而毕业。故选C。

16. 考查动词。 write“写”；translate“翻译”；copy“复制”；read“读”。I and arranged a lot of musical compositions since had been written specially for solo percussionists.根据语境可知该句意为：我写作并排了很多音乐曲子。故选A。

17. 考查形容词。enough“足够的”；some“一些”；many“许多”；few“少数的”。根据上下文的内容推测出该句意思：我自己谱写曲子是因为很少有曲子是专门为打击乐器独奏而谱写的。故选D。

18. 考查连词。However“然而”表示转折关系；Although“虽然，尽管”引导让步状语从句；When“当……时候”引导时间状语从句；Since“由于；自从……”引导原因和时间状语从句。根据空后的提示推测出该句意思：我已经做了打击乐器独奏演员十年，尽管医生认为我已经全聋了。故选B。I have been a soloist for over ten years. the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”

19. 考查动词。根据上文的内容可推测出该句意思：尽管医生认为我已经全聋了，但这并不意味着我对音乐的热情不能实现。mean“意味着”故选A。

20. 考查名词。Direct“指导；指挥”；guide“指导”；teach“教”； limit“限制”。根据空前内容推测出该句意思：我怎是会鼓励人们不要允许自己受到别人的限制。故选D。