完形填空 （共20小题，满分33分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。

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) though she was a disabled woman.

    “Early on I decided not to allow the   16   of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   17   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   18   . Doctors told me that the nerve (神经) damage was the   19   and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never   20    me.”

    “My   21   was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I   22   to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play using my feet and can   23   the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my  24  . My entire sound world exists by making full ___25___ of every sense that I have.”

    “I was   26   to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   27   this before and some teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my performance, I was   29   admitted and went on to   30   with great honour.”

    “After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I   31  a lot of musical pieces since   32__  had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

    “I have been a soloist for over ten years.   33   the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t   34   that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be   35   by others’ attitude. 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. suggestions

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. supported        D. disappointed

6.A. achievement  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. idea         C. imagination      D. experience

10. A. use                B. effort       C. feeling          D. idea

11.A. dissatisfied        B. shocked      C. determined       D. unhappy

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

13. A. learning       B. excited      C. willing          D. unwilling

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

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

16. A. wrote          B. translated   C. heard            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. failed         B. beaten       C. taught           D. affected

 

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 

Mother came from our home village. She stayed with us for ten days. When she was ___36____ to leave, she wanted to buy us something ____37___ a present.

   “You’ve got ___38____,” she said, “but you seem to have got ___39____. The TV set is yours, but the people who walk back and forth in it are all ___40____, even murderers, corrupt officials and thieves come in and ___41____ it from time to time. The radio cassette player is yours, but it’s all others who __42____ in it. The books on the shelf are yours, but they are all ___43____ by others. The fridge is yours, but all the year round it’s ____44____ frost that comes from God knows where. __45___they make your life easy and comfortable, ___46___ of them BELONGS to you in the real sense of the word.

   ___47___ the day she was to leave for home, she got up early in the morning and ____48____ back a pickle(泡菜) pot from the market.

   “___49____ some pickle in it,” she said, “and have something ____50____ suits your own taste.”

   Since then pickles of our own ____51_____ had been added to our diet. When we had guests, we often had pickles ____52____ wine. Slightly intoxicated(excited greatly), everyone would say, “A country flavor, not bad, Not bad, a country flavor (特别的风味)”.

   ____53___ we had something to our own taste. When we looked at the ___54____, it was standing quietly at the corner. Amid the hustle and bustle of our ____55___ life and in the apartment of reinforced concrete, the pot stood there by itself, brewing an old and simple flavor.

1.A. on           B. about        C. for            D. of

2..A. since         B. because      C. as             D. for

3.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing        D. anything

4.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing        D. anything

5.A. murderers     B. thieves       C. actors          D. strangers

6.A. out           B. out of        C. into           D. along

7.A. sing          B. dance         C. plays         D. act

8.A. writing        B. written        C. read         D. reading

9.A. full           B. filled of       C. filled with     D. full with

10.A. As            B. But           C. Because      D. Though

11.A. no one        B. none          C. neither        D. either

12.A. On           B. In             C. During       D. Of

13.A. took          B. brought        C. fetched       D. carried

14.A. Do           B. Cook          C. Make         D. Prepare

15.A. what         B. /               C. that          D. as

16.A. smell         B. sound          C. feel           D. taste

17.A. to go with     B. went with      C. to drink         D. drinking

18.A. But          B. So             C. And           D. Or

19.A. pot          B. TV set           C. radio          D. shelf

20..A. ordinary      B. usual           C. every day       D. everyday

 

 

完形填空 （共20小题，满分33分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。

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) though she was a disabled woman.

    “Early on I decided not to allow the   16   of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   17   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   18   . Doctors told me that the nerve (神经) damage was the   19   and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never   20    me.”

    “My   21   was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I   22   to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play using my feet and can   23   the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my  24  . My entire sound world exists by making full ___25___ of every sense that I have.”

    “I was   26   to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   27   this before and some teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my performance, I was   29   admitted and went on to   30   with great honour.”

    “After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I   31  a lot of musical pieces since   32__  had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

    “I have been a soloist for over ten years.   33   the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t   34   that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be   35   by others’ attitude. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

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

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. supported        D. disappointed

A. achievement 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. idea         C. imagination      D. experience

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

A. dissatisfied        B. shocked      C. determined       D. unhappy

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

A. learning       B. excited      C. willing          D. unwilling

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

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

A. wrote          B. translated   C. heard            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. failed         B. beaten       C. taught           D. affected

第一节语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）从 A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与其所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项.

1. mean      A  stream    B break       C  great      D real  

2. southern   A  thought   B  about      C  through    D trouble

3. healthy    A. their      B. this       C. teeth      D. northern

4. many     A. trade      B. sad       C anything    D. taste

5. stomach   A. school     B. church    C. machine     D. change

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold   36   he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had  37  schooling, for being so poor, how could they   38  school fees?

When he was fifteen, he worked   39   a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt   40    for himself. How he     41   to have the same chance! He decided to study by   42   . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he   43  stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he   44   during the day. He worked   45   hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater  46   he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and    47   him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the only one in the whole school   48   reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship   49   he had been a regular student of the school.

Robeson   50   rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which drew the  51  of some university professors. They admired his talent   52   his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and   53    him free guidance. Robeson felt  54  , for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   55   success.

A. whether          B. which                   C. that                          D. what

A. many             B. few                          C. little                        D. much

A. buy                B. afford                   C. send                         D. read

A. as                  B. like                          C. for                           D. by

A. angry             B. worried                    C. proud                    D. sorry

A. hated              B. decided                    C. wished                     D. regretted

A. the teacher                                         B. himself                   

C. his parents                                          D. his schoolmates

A. could             B. ought to                   C. should                    D. would

A. had learned                                        B. has been taught        

C. has heard                                              D. had been written down

A. very             B. so                            C. too                          D. quite

A. joy               B. interest                     C. time                         D. taste

A. allowed        B. agreed                   C. let                           D. refused

A. whom           B. that                          C. which                   D. /

A. if                 B. whether                    C. because                    D. when

A. learned         B. listened                    C. mastered                  D. struggled

A. notice           B. influence                  C. eyes                         D. attention

A. except for     B. according to             C. as well as                 D. in spite of

A. taught           B. offered                     C. lent                          D. sent

A. sad               B. angry                       C. happy                   D. disappointed

A. leading to     B. coming from            C. made of                   D. covered with