Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打擊樂器獨奏演員) in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the 36 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 37 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷愛) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 38 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 39 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 40 me.
“My 41 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 42 to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 43 the pitch of a note (音調高低) by the vibrations (振動). I feel through my body and through my 44 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 45 that I have.
“I was 46 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 47 this before and some teachers 48 my admission. Based on my performance, I was 49 admitted and went to 50 with the academy’s highest honours.
“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 51 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 52 had been written specially for solo percussionists.
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 53 the doctor thought a was totally deaf, it didn’t 54 that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 55 by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to to the place you want to go.”
36. A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. recommendations
37. A. enjoying B. choosing C. taking D. giving
38. A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste
39. A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause
40. A. left B. excited C. accompanied D. disappointed
41. A. purpose B. decision C. promise D. goal
42. A. turned B. learned C. used D. ought
43. A. tell B. see C. hear D. smell
44. A. carefulness B. movement C. imagination D. experience
45. A. sense B. effort C. feeling D. idea
46. A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. discouraged
47. A. done B. accepted C. advised D. admitted
48. A. supported B. followed C. required D. opposed
49. A. usually B. finally C. possibly D. hopefully
50. A. study B. research C. graduate D. progress
51. A. wrote B. translated C. copied D. read
52. A. enough B. some C. many D. few
53. A. However B. Although C. When D. Since
54. A. mean B. seem C. conclude D. say
55. A. directed B. guided C. taught D. limited
36-40 BCBDA 41-45 DBACA 46-50 CADBC 51-55 ADBAD
這是一篇敘事性的文章，作者采用倒敘的手法，講述了英國著名聾女樂器打擊手Evelyn Glennie克服困難成功的故事，闡明了只要有激情，敢于嘗試，就能成功的主題。讓學生在閱讀中受到教育和震撼，易激起讀者共鳴。文章除第一段前兩句話外，其余內容全部引用Evelyn Glennie的原話，語言非常地道，幾近原汁原味，內容生動。命題思路體現了完型填空突出語篇、強調語用、注重實用的三大方向，選項的設計以實詞為主，側重動詞10題（占總題量的二分之一），著重考查學生在語篇中靈活運用語言知識的能力。
36.考查名詞詞義，綜合整個語篇及文章最后一段 “I would encourge people not to allow…”的提示，可知作者雖身殘而志堅，挑戰世俗，大膽嘗試，最終獲得成功，可知最佳答案為B項。
37.考查動詞詞義 ，文中take piano lessons 為動詞搭配，表示：上(聽)鋼琴課之意，故排除其它三個干擾項。
38.考查下文照應，由下文“I was completely deaf ”；“not as a deaf musician”；“ I was totally deaf” 處可知作者年幼失聰 (hearing)。
39.考查名詞辨析，根據文章，醫生斷言神經受損是作者耳聾的原因所在，而非產生的結果，故排除B項，A項表示：證據，C項表示：借口，均不符合文意。
40.考查動詞詞義和詞匯的褒貶語境，從文中可知，作者雖患耳疾，但年紀愈長，對音樂的熱情也愈漲，再由but一詞的暗示，可敲定left為正確答案。
41. D考查名詞詞義，根據文意，作者的人生目標是要成為一名打擊樂器獨奏演員，所以D為正確答案，A項表示: 意圖，B項表示: 決定，C項表示: 諾言，均不準確。
42.考查動詞詞義，由文中可知，由于聽力喪失，作者無法用耳朵去聽音樂，所以只能嘗試學會以“另類”的方式去感悟音樂，選項B恰好表示: 學習、習得之意，符合文意。
43.考查動詞辨意，由上文可知，作者無法象常人一樣去聽音樂，就想出只穿著襪子不穿鞋，利用身體的震動來感知音樂，分辨音調高低。其中can與tell連用，正好表達“分辨”、“辨別”之意，為正確答案。
44.考查語篇綜合分析能力，根據文意和句子結構可判斷，只有C項imagination (想象力)為正確答案。
45.考查名詞辨意，根據上文, 作者聽力喪失，所以只能協調其它的感官去“聽”音樂。故A項為正確答案。
46.考查語篇領悟能力，此處表達作者要立志成為音樂家，所以不難選出determine一詞，其他三項dissatisfied, astonished, discouraged因感情色彩與文章主旨明顯不符，而不能入選。
47.考查副詞意義，作者耳患頑疾，且又申請著名的倫敦皇家音樂學院去學習，這在當時是沒有哪個聾啞學生能夠做到的，故此題選A為宜。
48.考查學生的邏輯推理能力，由上下文語境，再加上銜接詞and（注意文中沒用but,說明此處表示并列，而非轉折）可推知，作者的行為自然要受到老師的反對。此處學生易誤選support一詞而造成語意前后矛盾，以致偏離主題。
49.考查副詞詞義，從文中可知，作者大膽嘗試，抵制壓力，克服困難，最終考入皇家音樂學院，所以B項（最終地）為正確答案。
50.考查動詞詞義，由第四段最后一句可知，應是作者畢業時獲得學院最高榮譽獎，其它三項不妥。
51.考查動詞詞義，根據文章，作者經過不懈努力，后來成為第一位專職打擊音樂獨奏演員，再由下句“…had been written specially for solo percussionists.”中write一詞的同義復現，可確定上句答案為A項。
52.考查代詞詞義，根據上下文邏輯，在此作者想表達很少有人來專門為打擊音樂獨奏演員來譜曲，所以出現上文作者挺身而出，竭力為演員們來譜曲，所以此題D項為正確答案。
53.考查連詞用法，根據上下文邏輯，可知此處應使用表示轉折的關聯詞，選項A (however)雖然表示轉折含義，但不用做連詞，不能連接句子，故排除。所以B項為正確答案。
54.考查動詞詞義，根據文意和句式結構（此句為雙重否定句）可知，mean表示：“意味著”，為最佳答案。
55.考查動詞詞義，作者通過自身經歷勸導人們不要為別人的思想而束縛自己，故D項 (limited表示：限制)為最佳答案。
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