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   21   of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   22  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   23  . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the   24  and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never   25   me.”

“My   26   was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can   27   the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my   28  . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every   29   that I have.” “I was   30   to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. A. sense    B. effort         C. feeling                  D. idea

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

Stop wasting your time on the wrong mountain

I have two friends who are backpackers. There is a portion of New York’s Adirondack Mountains called the High Peaks region. It is made up of 46 mountains with a___1____ of over 4,000 feet.

The Adirondack Mountain Club gives special honor and a patch to    2    who climbs all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this   3   . It took them several years to accomplish it.

My friends had climbed 10 of the mountains. The left one was the farthest,    4    much effort. A hiking trail led past the base of the mountain,    5    from that point they were on their own.

Early one morning they left their      6    and walked 5 miles on the hiking trail to the base of a    7     of mountains. One of the mountains in this chain was the last one they  8  for their patch.

When they reached the base of the mountain chain they    9     that they had left their compass and map back in the camp.    10     returning to the camp, they decided to go on without them.

For hours they    11    uphill suffering heat and black flies. Finally, late in the afternoon they   12    themselves on the top of a mountain. They were tired but   13   .

The excitement was short-lived however. When they    14    the valley, they saw another higher mountain. They had climbed the    15    hill! It was too late that weekend to correct their    16   . They had to wait another 4 months to climb the right mountain.

This story    17    that often in life we make effort toward a    18    but without the right map and personal compass it is easy to get    19    .

Knowing your life purpose gives you a    20     personal map and compass. And that makes sure you are always climbing the right mountain.

1. A. length          B. height           C. width            D. depth

2. A. something       B. someone          C. anything         D. anyone

3. A. fame            B. award          C. medal            D. gift

4. A. requiring        B. making          C. wasting          D. paying

5. A. and             B. even            C. so               D. but

6. A. village          B. house            C. camp            D. cottage

7. A. series           B. lot              C. chain             D. kind

8. A. needed          B. prepared         C. looked           D. hunted

9. A. understood       B. thought           C. forgot             D. discovered

10. A. Instead          B. Rather than       C. In case of         D. In spite of

11. A. rushed           B. rolled            C. walked           D. ran

12. A. relaxed          B. congratulated     C. enjoyed           D. found

13. A. excited          B. surprised         C. disappointed       D. puzzled

13. A. looked for       B. looked across      C. looked on         D. looked through

15. A. high            B. right             C. wrong            D. small

16. A. direction         B. wrong           C. decision           D. error

17. A. provides         B. brings            C. offers            D. proves

18. A. choice           B. goal               C. promise          D. result

19. A. hurt             B. separated          C. lost             D. bothered

20. A. beautiful          B. famous           C. expensive         D. powerful

 

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  1of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began  2piano 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  5me.

“My  6was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I  7to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can  8the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my  9. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every  10that I have.

“I was  11to 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  12this before and some teachers  13my admission. Based on my performance, I was  14admitted and went to  15with the academy’s highest honours.

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I  16and arranged a lot of musical compositions since  17had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years.  18the doctor thought a was totally deaf, it didn’t  19that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be  20by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to 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

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