John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night. He fell into the5       of smoking a year ago. He smoked so 6       that he7       had a cigarette on his lips. He 8       while he read,while he watched television and 9      while he drank a cup of coffee or tea. He smoked nearly forty cigarettes a day,but he was happy. 

  John’s friend,Frank,10      many times to 11        him not to smoke. “Smoking is bad for your      12    !”

he said. “ You’d better give it up. ” But his advice didn’t 13       . Before long,John found that he often got a hard and 14      cough, 15      he went to see a doctor.

The doctor 16        him carefully and asked whether he often smoked. John told him the17       Then the doctor told him that his cough was18        by smoking and he wouldn’t get any better unless he stopped smoking.

“If not,” said the doctor,“your cough will never be and some other illnesses may also be19       caused. ”

John became 20       and made up his mind to give up smoking. At the beginning,it was very 21       for him. Every 22       H when he wanted to smoke,he got some other things to eat. At last,he was not 23      in smoking at all. And he no longer had        .

5. A.  hole   B. habit

   C.  interest   D. love

6.  A. much   B. hard

   C.  fast   D. thickly

7. A.  still   B. seldom

   C.  never   D. always

8.  A. stopped   B. smoked

   C.  ate   D. had

9. A.  still   B. just

   C.  even   D. right

10. A.  talked   B. ordered

   C.  worked   D. tried

11. A.  advise   B. tell

   C.  wish   D. take

12. A.  work   B. study

   C.  health   D. life

13. A.  continue   B. work

   C.  reply   D. answer

14. A.  wet   B. loud

   C.  dry   D. rapid

15. A.  but   B. so

   C. till   D. as

16. A.  saw   B. felt

   C.  cured   D. examined

17. A.  truth   B. reason

   C.  matter   D. thing

18. A.  shown   B. kept

   C.  caused   D. heard

19. A.  stopped   B. cured

   C.  repaired   D. mended

20. A.  angry   B. sad

   C.  sorry   D. worried

21. A.  sick   B. tired

   C.  difficult—   D. easy

22. A.  day   B. time

   C.  way   D. place

23. A.  seen   B. told

   C.  happy   D. interested

24. A.  smokes   B. problems

   C.  coughs   D. cigarettes

  Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打击乐)  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 10      that I have. ”

“I was 11      to be assessed(评定)  as a musician,not as a deaf musician,and I applied (申请)  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

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