Question

    As a child I never worried about losing my hearing, even though many other members of my family had done so. It seemed I was one of the ____ ones. I had a lovely voice and felt ____ about my singing. At 13,1 made my debut (初次登台)in a school production of Carlo Menotti ’ s opera and knew then that I ____ on stage.

But then I noticed that ____ I didn’t sit at the front in lectures, I would ____to hear. I went to the hospital to have a ____ test. I felt desperate，my ambitions ____ by a diagnosis of incurable nerve deafness.

However, my bravery persuaded me to ____ my plans and I went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. I kept my ____ a closely guarded secret, convinced that admitting it would ____ my career. I won roles on merit (凭成绩)，but the added fear and anxiety at auditions (试听) ____ me.

At 28, I made my debut at New Sadler’s Wells Opera. But my hearing loss was ____ I couldn ’ t hear myself sing well any more. I ’ d get a feeling of terror and want to ____ before every performance. ____ a superb technician fitted in-the-ear hearing aids, making me self-conscious and my confidence ____ I was fast learning to ____ , singing by sensation. Recording music is now a joy and acoustic (原声的)sounds through the headphones help me ____.

____ in technology mean my latest hearing aids are wireless, and my ____ is at its peak. I continue to tour the world. This year, I decided it was time to be ____ , not ashamed, and went public as the only deaf mezzo-soprano in the world.

1.A. clever B. lucky C. pitiful D. active

2.A. curious B. anxious C. awkward D. confident

3.A. belonged B. sacrificed C. survived D. trembled

4.A. though B. since C. if D. after

5.A. struggle B. hesitate C. pretend D. cease

6.A. blood B. hearing C. sight D. memory

7.A. achieved B. developed C. crushed D. extended

8.A. figure out B. stick to C. go over D. give up

9.A. background B. scores C. ambitions D. deafness

10.A. start B. further C. change D. ruin

11.A. puzzled B. consumed C. impressed D. motivated

12.A. accelerating B. compensating C. recovering D. disappearing

13.A. rest B. play C. drill D. flee

14.A. Thankfully B. Clearly C. Actually D. Generally

15.A. Faded B. grew C. counted D. helped

16.A. forget B. judge C. cooperate D. adapt

17.A. laugh B. howl C. relax D. sleep

18.A. Drawbacks B. Applications C. Improvements D. Regulations

19.A. Attention B. performance C. intelligence D. energy

20.A. Famous B. creative C. proud D. innocent

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者写自己13岁登台表演非常棒，决定为舞台奉献一生，后因为自己听力丧失而干拿到沮丧想要逃离舞台，但是在助听器的帮助下重新找回了自信，继续自己的表演事业。

1.考查形容词。A. clever聪明的；B. lucky幸运的；C. pitiful同情的；D. active 活跃的。结合上一句作者不担心自己会失去听力，而其他家庭成员有这种担心，可以推测出这里作者认为自己是幸运的。故选B。

2.原词重现。A. curious好奇的；B. anxious 焦虑的；C. awkward尴尬的；D. confident自信的。本句句意是作者有美妙的嗓音，因而对自己的歌唱是充满自信的。本文50空处提到在科技的帮助下作者重拾自信。故选D。

3.考查动词。A. belonged属于；B. sacrificed奉献；C. survived幸存；D. trembled颤抖。句意是作者在13岁初次登台后便知道自己属于舞台。故选A。

4.考查状语从句。A. though尽管；B. since自从------以来；C. if如果；D. after在------之后。句意是作者注意到听讲座时自己如果不坐在前排，便很难听清楚。此处是if引导的条件状语从句，故选C。

5.考查动词短语。A. struggle挣扎；B. hesitate犹豫；C. pretend假装；D. cease停止。句意同上。struggle to do表示做某事有困难，努力做某事；hesitate to do 犹豫做某事；pretend to do假装做某事；cease to do 停止做某事。故选A。

6.考查名词。A. blood血；B. hearing听力；C. sight视力；D. memory记忆。因为上文提到作者是听力出问题了，因为去医院做听力检测。故选B。

7.考查动词。A. achieved取得，完成；B. developed发展；C. crushed压碎；D. extended延长。空格后提到作者被诊断出患有incurable nerve deafness(无法治愈的神经性耳聋)所以作者的抱负理想应当是crushed(被摧毁了)。故选C。

8.考查动词短语辨析A. figure out计算、解决、理解；B. stick to坚持； C. go over复习；D. give up放弃。根据空格后作者继续在英国北方皇家音乐学院学习，可知他应当是坚持(stick to)他的计划。故选B。

9.原词重现。A. background背景；B. scores考试成绩；C. ambitions雄心；D. deafness听力不佳。第二段最后提到作者患有神经性耳聋，所以作者想把自己的耳聋当成秘密，认为承认患有神经性耳聋会毁了自己的事业。故选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析。A. start开始；B. further 促进，助长；C.change改变；D. ruin摧毁。句意同上。故选D。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. puzzled疑惑；B. consumed消费，消耗；C. impressed给------留下印象；D. motivated激发------的积极性。句意是我凭借成绩获得角色，但是试听时的恐惧和担心快要耗尽了我。故选B。

12.考查动词词义辨析。A. accelerating促进，加速；B. compensating弥补，补偿；C. recovering恢复；D. disappearing消失。由空格后我再也听不见自己的歌声，可以推测出作者的听力损失加剧了。故选A。

13.考查动词。A. rest休息；B. play玩；C. drill钻孔；D. flee逃离。结合上文作者听不见自己的歌声，因此感到恐惧并且每次上台表演前都想要逃离(flee)。故选D。

14.考查副词。A. Thankfully谢天谢地；B. Clearly清楚地；C. Actually事实上；D. Generally通常。根据空格前作者演出前想要逃离，空格后内置助听器出现使作者找回自我恢复自信，前后转折所以选择thankfully谢天谢地。故选A。

15.考查动词。A. Faded褪色；B. grew 增长；C. counted计算；D. helped帮助。句意同上文，在助听器的帮助下，作者的自信心又开始增长(grew)。故选B。

16.考查动词。A. forget忘记；B. judge判断；C. cooperate合作；D. adapt适应。我迅速的学会适应(adapt)，根据感觉来歌唱。故选D。

17.考查动词。 A. laugh大笑；B. howl怒吼；C. relax放松；D. sleep睡觉。句意是录音现在是一种享受，通过耳机听原声让我觉得放松。该空和13空前get a feeling of terror相对应。故选C。

18.考查名词。A. Drawbacks 缺点；B. Applications应用；C.Improvements提高；D. Regulations管理。句意是科技的提升意味着我最新的听力设备是无线的，我的表演也是最高水准。故选C。

19.考查名词词义辨析。A. Attention注意力； B. performance表演；C. intelligence智力；D. energy能量。句意同上一题，在最新科技的帮助下，我现在的表演(performance)应当是最棒的。故选B。

20.考查形容词。 A. Famous著名的；B. creative具有创造力的；C. proud自豪的；D. innocent无辜的。空格后是not ashamed可知，空格意思与ashamed(惭愧的、难为情的)相反。句意是今年我将作为世界上唯一的聋女中音为公众表演，我觉得这应当是一件令我自豪而不是难为情的事情。故选C。