Question

【题目】Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled howshe 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 misician. I grew up on a farm in the northeast Scotland and began 【2】 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion for music grew. But 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 note by the vibrations 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 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 hignest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first fulltime solo percussionist. I 【16】 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since

【17】 had been written specially for solo percussionist.”

“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.”

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

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

A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste

A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause

A. left B. excited C. accompanied D. disappointed

A. purpose B. decision C. promise D. goal

A. turned B. learned C. used D. ought

A. tell B. see C. hear D. smell

A. carefulness B. movement C. imagination D. experience

A. sence B. effort C. feeling D. idea

A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. discouraged

A. done B. accepted C. advised D. admitted

A. supported B. followed C. required D. opposed

A. usually B. finally C. possibly D. hopefully

A. study B. research C. graduate D. progress

A. wrote B. translated C. copied D. read

A. enough B. some C. many D. few

A. However B. Although C. When D. Since

A. mean B. seem C. conclude D. say

A. directed B. guided C. taught D. limited

Answer 1

【答案】【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】综合整个文章以及最后一段“I would encourage people not to allow”的提示，得知最佳选项为B。

【2】Take piano lessons为动词搭配，表示“上钢琴课”。

【3】由下文“I was completely deaf”“not as a deaf musician”“I was totally deaf”可知作者年幼失聪。

【4】根据文章，医生断言神经受损是作者失聪的原因，而非产生的结果。

【5】根据文意，作者虽然身患耳疾，但年纪越长，对音乐的热情也越长。But提示，可知left为正确答案。

【6】根据文意，作者的人生目标是要成为一名打击乐器独奏演员。

【7】由文章可知，由于听力丧失，作者无法用耳朵听音乐，只能尝试学会“另类”的方式去感受音乐。

【8】由上文可知，作者无法用耳朵听音乐，就像只穿袜子不穿鞋，利用身体的震动来感受音乐。

【9】根据文意和句子结构可知，C项为正确答案。

【10】根据上文，作者听力丧失，只能用其他的感官去感受音乐。

【11】此处表达作者立志要成为音乐家。

【12】作者身患耳疾，且有申请去著名的伦敦皇家音乐学院学习，在当时是没有哪个聋哑学生可以做到的。

【13】由上下文语境，再加上衔接词and可知，作者的行为自然要受到某些老师的反对。

【14】从文中可知，作者大胆尝试，克服困难，凭借出色的表现，最终考进了皇家音乐学院。

【15】第四段最后一句以及第五段首句可得治，作者毕业时获得学院最高荣誉奖。

【16】由下句“……had been written specially for solo percussionist.”中write一词的同意复现。

【17】根据上下文逻辑，在此作者想要表达很少有人专门为打击乐器演奏演员谱曲，所以上文表现作者竭力为演员们来谱曲。

【18】根据上下文逻辑，可知此处应使用转折的关联词。

【19】根据文意和句式结构，mean表示“意味着”。

【20】作者通过自身经历告诉人们不要用别人的思想来束缚自己，故D项正确。