Question

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  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 (酷爱) 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 (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). 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

 

Answer 1

36. B. 考点是：名词词义。

综合整个语篇及文章最后一段 “I would encourage people not to allow…”的提示，可知作者虽身残而志坚，挑战世俗，大胆尝试，最终获得成功，可知最佳答案为B项。

37. C. 考点是：动词词义。

文中take piano lessons 为动词搭配，表示：上(听)钢琴课之意，故排除其它三个干扰项。

38. B. 考点是：名词词义。

由下文“I was completely deaf ”；“not as a deaf musician”；“ I was totally deaf” 处可知作者年幼失聪 (hearing)。

39. D. 考点是：名词词义辨析。

根据文章，医生断言神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。

40. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

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一词的暗示，可敲定left为正确答案。

41. D. 考点是：名词词义辨析。

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为正确答案，A项表示: 意图，B项表示: 决定，C项表示: 诺言，均不准确。

42. B. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

由文中可知，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、习得之意，符合文意。

43. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

由上文可知，作者无法象常人一样去听音乐，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can与tell连用，正好表达“分辨”、“辨别”之意，为正确答案。

44. C . 考点是：名词词义辨析。

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。

45. A. 考点是：名词词义辨析。

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

46. C. 考点是：形容词词义辨析

此处表达作者要立志成为音乐家，所以不难选出determine一词，其他三项dissatisfied, astonished, discouraged因感情色彩与文章主旨明显不符，而不能入选。

47. A. 考点是：副词词义辨析。

作者耳患顽疾，且又申请著名的伦敦皇家音乐学院去学习，这在当时是没有哪个聋哑学生能够做到的，故此题选A为宜。

48. D. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

由上下文语境，再加上衔接词and（注意文中没用but,说明此处表示并列，而非转折）可推知，作者的行为自然要受到老师的反对。此处学生易误选support一词而造成语意前后矛盾，以致偏离主题。

49. B. 考点是：副词词义辨析。

从文中可知，作者大胆尝试，抵制压力，克服困难，最终考入皇家音乐学院，所以B项（最终地）为正确答案。

50. C. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

由第四段最后一句可知，应是作者毕业时获得学院最高荣誉奖，其它三项不妥。

51. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

根据文章，作者经过不懈努力，后来成为第一位专职打击音乐独奏演员，再由下句“…had been written specially for solo percussionists.”中write一词的同义复现，可确定上句答案为A项。

52. D. 考点是：不定代词词义辨析。

考查代词词义，根据上下文逻辑，在此作者想表达很少有人来专门为打击音乐独奏演员来谱曲，所以出现上文作者挺身而出，竭力为演员们来谱曲，所以此题D项为正确答案。

53. B. 考点是：连词用法。

根据上下文逻辑，可知此处应使用表示转折的关联词，选项A (however)虽然表示转折含义，但不用做连词，不能连接句子，故排除。所以B项为正确答案。

54. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

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”，为最佳答案。

55. D. 考点是：动词词义辨析。

作者通过自身经历劝导人们不要为别人的思想而束缚自己，故D项 (limited表示：限制)为最佳答案。