Question

【题目】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 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 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 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never （5） me. ”

“My was to become a percussion soloist ,even though there were none at that time. To per-form, I to ‘ hear’music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can the pitch of a note(音调高低）by the vibrations(振动）I feel through my body and through my My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every( 10) that I have.” “I was 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 this before and some teachers (13) my admission. Based on my performance, I was 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 had ben written specially for solo percussionists. ”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 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. sense 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

/span>

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】根据整个语篇及文章最后一段中的“ I would encourage people not to allow...”的提示. 可知作者身残志坚，挑战世俗，大胆尝试. 最终获得成功,故最佳答案为B项，本句的意思为“早先我决定不让别人的意见阻止我……”。

【2】take piano lessons 表示“上钢琴课”。

【3】由下文“I was completely deaf” “not as a deaf musician”! was totally deaf ”几处可知作者年幼失聪 （lose one's hearing)。

【4】根据文意,医生断言祌经受损是作者耳聋的原因所在，而非产生的结果，故排除B项；A项表示“证据”，C项表示“借口”，均不符合文意。

【5】从文中可知，作者虽患耳疾,但年纪愈长,对音乐的热情也愈涨. 再由But—词的提示，可确定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，所以D项为正确答案。

【7】由文中叙述可知，由于听力丧失,作者无法用耳朵去听音乐,所以只能尝试学会以“另类”的方式去感悟音乐,选项B恰好表示“学习，习得”,符合文意。

【8】由上文可知，作者无法像常人一样去听音乐. 就想出只穿着袜子不穿鞋，利用身体的震动来感知音乐，分辨音调高低。其中tell与can连用,表示“分辨. 辨别"。

【9】根据文意和句子结构可判断,只有C项imagination“想象力”为正确答案。

【10】根据上文，作者听力丧失，所以只能协调其他的感官去“听”音乐。故A项为正确答案。

【11】此处表达作者要立志成为音乐家，所以不难选出de-termiried 一词。

【12】作者耳患顽疾. 且又申请到著名的伦敦皇家音乐学院去学习，这在当时是没有哪个耳聋的学生能够做到的。故此题选A项。

【13】由上下文语境，再加上衔接词and可推知,作者的行为自然要受到某些老师的反对。此处易误选support一词而造成语境前后矛盾，以致偏离主题。

【14】从文中可知. 作者大胆尝试,克服困难,凭借出色的表现,最终考人伦敦皇家音乐学院，所以B项为最佳答案。

【15】由第四段最后一句及第五段首句可知,应是作者毕业时获得学院最高荣誉奖，其他三项不妥。

【16】由下句“…had been written specially for solo per-cussionists. ”中write 一词的同义复现,可确定答案为A项。

【17】根据上下文逻辑,在此作者想表达很少有人专门为打击乐器独奏演员来谱曲,所以出现上文作者竭力为打击乐器独奏演员们来谱曲,所以D项符合逻辑。

【18】根据上下文逻辑，可知此处应使用表示转折含义的关联词,选项A虽然表示转折含义，但不用作连词，不能连接句

子,故排除，所以B项正确。

【19】根据文意和句式结构(此句为双重否定句)可知，mean表示“意味着”。

【20】作者通过自身经历劝告人们不要因为别人的看法而束缚自己，故D项正确。