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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.”
小题1:
A．conditionsB．opinionsC．actionsD．recommendations
小题2:
A．enjoyingB．choosingC．takingD．giving
小题3:
A．sightB．hearingC．touchD．taste
小题4:
A．evidenceB．resultC．excuseD．cause
小题5:
A．leftB．excitedC．accompaniedD．disappointed
小题6:
A．purposeB．decisionC．promiseD．goal
小题7:
A．turnedB．learnedC．usedD．ought
小题8:
A．tellB．seeC．hearD．smell
小题9:
A．carefulnessB．movementC．imaginationD．experience
小题10:
A．senseB．effortC．feelingD．idea
小题11:
A．dissatisfied B．astonished C．determinedD．discouraged
小题12:
A．doneB．acceptedC．advisedD．admitted
小题13:
A．supported B．followedC．requiredD．opposed
小题14:
A．usuallyB．finallyC．possiblyD．hopefully
小题15:
A．studyB．researchC．graduateD．progress
小题16:
A．wroteB．translatedC．copiedD．read
小题17:
A．enoughB．someC．manyD．few
小题18:
A．HoweverB．AlthoughC．WhenD．Since
小题19:
A．meanB．seemC．concludeD．say
小题20:
A．directedB．guidedC．taughtD．limited

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D

这是一篇叙事性的文章，作者采用倒叙的手法，讲述了英国著名聋女乐器打击手Evelyn Glennie克服困难成功的故事，阐明了只要有激情，敢于尝试，就能成功的主题。
小题1: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。
小题2: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。
小题3: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)。
小题4: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。
小题5: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。
小题6: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。
小题7: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。
小题8: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。
小题9: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。
小题10: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。
小题11: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。
小题12: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。
小题13: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。
小题14: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。
小题15: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。
小题16: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。
小题17: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。
小题18: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。
小题19: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。
小题20: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
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If you visit a big city anywhere in the world,you will probably find a restaurant which serves the food of your native country.Most large   1  in the United States offer an international sample of   2  .Many people enjoy eating the food   3  other nations.This is probably one reason   4  there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.A second is that Americans   5  from all the parts of the world.They enjoy tasting the foods of their   6 lands.
In the city of Detroit,  7  ,there are many people from Western Europe,Latin America  8  the Far East.There are many restaurants in Detroit  9  serve the foods of these areas.There are many
  10  international restaurants,too.Americans not only like the foods in these restaurants but also enjoy the chance to   11 understand the foreign people and their   12  of life.
One of   13  most common international restaurants to be   14  in the US is an Italian restaurant.The restaurant is a small business   15  by a single family.The mother of the   16 
cooks all the dishes and the   17  and children serve the customers who come to eat there.Or it may be a  18 restaurant which can   19  many customers during one evening.So a restaurant may be owned   20  one family,one person,or by several different people who work together in the business.
1.A.cities                      B.countryside                C.nations                      D.families
2.A.waiters                   B.restaurants                 C.foods                        D.cooks
3.A.about                            B.of                             C.on                                   D.with
4.A.as                          B.when                        C.which                      D.why
5.A.arrive                     B.come                        C.go                                   D.leave
6.A.garden                   B.country                            C.state                          D.native
7.A.as                          B.like                           C.for example               D.such as
8.A.and                        B.with                          C.of                             D.then
9.A.where                    B.which                       C.when                        D.why
10.A.other                    B.others                       C.another                            D.other’s
11.A.worse                   B.better                        C.hardly                       D.more
12.A.hope                    B.wish                         C.place                         D.way
13.A.the                       B.a                              C.this                           D.that
14.A.cooked                 B.enjoyed                     C.found                        D.eaten
15.A.built                     B.run                           C.driven                       D.lived
16.A.family                  B.city                           C.business                    D.restaurant
17.A.mother                 B.guests                       C.visitors                      D.father
18.A.small                    B.large                         C.tiny                          D.bad
19.A.deal                            B.work                         C.serve                         D.prepare
20.A.by                        B.with                          C.of                             D.for

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I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
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I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
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“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
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I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
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Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto e tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
小题1:The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.
A．show she was familiar with the cityB．see some places for the last time
C．let the driver earn more moneyD．reach the destination on time
小题2:The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.
A．wanted to do her a favorB．shut off the meter by mistake
C．had received her payment in advanceD．was in a hurry to take other passengers
小题3:What can we learn from the story?
A．Giving is always a pleasure.B．People should respect each other.
C．An act of kindness can bring people great joy.
D．People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

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Nigel. The reward was certainly incomparable to the little effort that he had to put it. It begin when he was selected to help the teachers in the computer laboratories.
The peak of his school career came not when he topped the school but when he was selected for the nationwide competition. Unlike everyone else, Nigel wanted to join the contest because he liked playing with the Lego sets and making something out of them. Nigel spent the next two months rebuilding the robot. It was during the time that Nigel found out about the prizes for the competition. Its well us auspices competitor. Alicia, from a neighboring school. His early intentions were forgotten. Getting the thousand-dollar prize was more important than anything else. Nigel decided to befriend Alicia. Unaware of his intentions, she told him all about the robot that she had been building for the competition. He even helped her to put the finishing branches to her robot. He was glad with the way things had progressed. His robot looked even better than Alicia’s and it was able to become a ball with its arms, something Alicia had failed to do.
On the day of the competition, he says Alicia. Everything dawned on her the minute she saw him among the competition. She stared at him, puzzled at first, then angry and finally a look of helplessness came over her.
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小题1:What reward did Nigel receive for doing well in his school work?
A．He was offered a part-time jobB．He was honored with a scholarship
C．He helped his teacher construct a robotD．He helped in the computer laboratories
小题2:Nigel’s original intention of joining the contest was to ___.
A．be the top student of the schoolB．being great honor to his school
C．constructs a robot with the Lego setsD．wins the thousand-dollar prize
小题3:Why did Nigel help Alicia finish her robot?
A．He tried to make friends with herB．He was fond of building robots
C．He intended to help herD．He didn’t want her to suspect him
小题4:What is the author’s attitude towards Nigel’s actions?
A．He is mildly criticalB．He is strongly critical
C．He is in favor of themD．His attitude is not clear
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1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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B. Most of us are happier than our parents or grandparents since we earn more.
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D. Both Bill Gates and Kerry Packer are examples of those who are extremely rich but obviously unhappy.
2. The underlined phrase has the same meaning as the word _______.
A. healthy          B. unhealthy          C. free           D. wealthy
3. The author wrote the passage to tell us _______.
A. happiness is everything
B. wealth is the foundation of happiness
C. have fun at the Happiness Institute
D. money doesn’t always mean happiness
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1_____ was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 2_____ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 3_____ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 _____ throw one in.
That 5 ____ me of that night, 6_____ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 7_____ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8_____ easily have been half  a race. The box wasn’t a god one. It was just a 9______ old piece that somebody 10______. Still it was something he wanted, probably 11_____ there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 12 _____ him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门厅). It sounded 13_____ two or three people were trying to tear the house 14 _____. We came downstairs and turned on the 15_____ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16_____somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17_____ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 18____ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 19____, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 20_____ of his skill.
小题1:1.
A．FightingB．SwimmingC．BarkingD．Running
小题2:2.
A．funB．troubleC．dangerD．difficulty
小题3:3.
A．stopB．makeC．getD．have
小题4:4.
A．willB．doC．didD．would
小题5:5.
A．remindsB．warnsC．tellsD．suggests
小题6:6.
A．whichB．whileC．as D．when
小题7:7.
A．FarB．longC．oldD．heavy
小题8:8.
A．couldB．canC．shouldD．would
小题9:9.
A．pricelessB．worthlessC．valuableD．important
小题10:10.
A．keptB．forgotC．deserted（遗弃）D．remained
小题11:11.
A．becauseB．only ifC．even ifD．in case
小题12:12.
A．sawB．heardC．watchedD．caught
小题13:13.
A．likeB．thatC．as ifD．at least
小题14:14.
A．upB．inC．awayD．down
小题15:15.
A．hallB．kitchenC．bedroomD．porch
小题16:16.
A．rolledB．stoppedC．caughtD．broken
小题17:17.
A．atB．beforeC．tillD．during
小题18:18.
A．distantB．nearbyC．silentD．busy
小题19:19.
A．In allB．As a resultC．At lastD．After all
小题20:
A．proudB．tiredC．ashamedD．doubtful

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By contrast （对照）,the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have, and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties. In this process, the journey never really ends；There are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt （适应） change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge. Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.
These feelings of insecurity （不安全） and self?doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.
1.In the author’s eye, one who views personal growth as a process would ______.
A. succeed in climbing up the social ladder
B. grow up from his own achievements
C. face difficulties and take up challenges
D. aim high and reach his goal each time
2. Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing? 
A. Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges.
B. Jane won the first prize in the speech competition.
C.J erry picked up French during his stay in Paris.
D. Father’s salary rose from 5000 to 7000.
3.For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following EXCEPT ______.
A. being curious about more changes 
B. being quick in self-adaptation
C. having an open mind to new experiences
D. staying away from failures and challenges
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? 
A. It is not so easy to measure personal growth.
B. To try and fail on the new road facing the unknown is unavoidable.
C. There are only two ways to see a person’s growth.
D. If you are too shy to take any risks in life, you cannot grow up.
5. The best title for this passage should be ______. 
A. Facing New Challenges
B. Growth—Product or Process
C. Two Basic Ways of Growth
D. Overcoming Internal Fears
Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
小题1:今年元旦我们玩得很开心。(enjoy)
小题2:舅舅昨天寄给我一张卡片，祝贺我18岁生日。(congratulate)
小题3:经过多年的建设，这个小镇现在和地震前一样充满了活力。(as...as)
小题4:演出以一段五十多岁的人耳熟能详的经典音乐开始。(familiar)
小题5:她一看完那个关于已灭绝物种的电视节目，就立志加入野生动物保护组织。(No sooner)

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