Question

  Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打擊樂)  in Scotland. In an interview，she recalled how she became a percussion soloist in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the 1     of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeastScotlandand began 2      piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got,the more my passion for music grew. But I 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 a note(音調高低)  by the vibrations(振動) 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(評定)  as a musician,not as a deaf musician,and I applied (申請)  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 highest honours. ”

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

“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 to. ”

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

Answer 1

1. B從上下文可知Glemiie不想讓別人的看法左右自己成為音樂家的理想。 

3. B從下文可知，Glennie的聽覺逐漸喪失，直到12歲時完全;失聰。

4. D神經損傷是Glennie失去聽覺的主要原因(cause) 。evidence 證據;result 結果;excuse 借口。

5. A

6. D goal 目標;purpose 目的;decision 決定;promise 許諾。

7. B learn to do sth學習做某事;turn to轉向(某人尋求幫助) ；used to過去常常;ought to應該。

8. A tell辨別;see看到;hear聽到;smell聞到。此處是說i Glermie通過振動來辨別音調的高低。

9. C為了分辨音調的高低，Glennie除了利用身體對振動的感覺，還可以利用她的想象力(imagination) 。

10. A “我”只有通過調動全部的感覺(sense) 器官才能彌補失聰的遺憾來感受周圍世界。定語從句that I have 修飾sense。effort努力;feeling感情;idea想法。A項符合句意。 

11. C Glennie下定決心要被別人評為一名音樂家，而不是一名聾人音樂家。dissatisfied不滿意的;astonished驚 訝的;discouraged氣倭的。

12. A沒有其他失聰學生做過(done) 這件事。accept接受;advise建議;admit承認。根據語意可知A項正確。

13. D因為以前沒有其他失聰學生被錄取，所以一些老師反對(oppose) Glennie進入皇家音樂學院。

14. B由于Glennie的表現，她最終(finally) 被錄取。

15. C以最高的成績從皇家音樂學院畢業(graduate) 。

16. A write musical compositions 作曲。

17. D   

18. B although引導讓步狀語從句。從語意判斷，B項最佳。 

19. A

20. D Glermie根據自己的切身體會告誡人們：不要被別人的說法所禁錮。