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 __1__ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began __2__ 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 __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 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 __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 written 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.”

1.A. conditions             B. opinions

C. actions            D. recommendations

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

[答案]

Evelyn是苏格兰第一位打击乐器的女独奏演员,她靠自信与执着战胜了残疾,铸就了梦想。

1.B。从下文可知,医生以及其他的人都认为她不能成为音乐家,因为她可能会变成聋哑人,而她不让别人的观点影响自己。

2.C。take piano lessons“参加钢琴课的学习”。

3.B。从下文的deaf可以看出Evelyn渐渐失去了听觉。

4.D。失去听觉的原因是神经的损伤。

5.A。对音乐的爱好从没有离开过“我”。

6.D。从even though...可以看出当时没有一位打击乐器的独奏演员,因此成为一位打击乐器的独奏演员就成了Evelyn的目标。

7.B。为了弥补听觉的障碍,Evelyn开始学习与众不同的“听”音乐的方法。

8.A。tell在这里表示“识别,辨别”。

9.C。听不到,只能凭借想像力。

10.A。every sense that I have“我所有的感觉”。

11.C。Evelyn决定成为一位音乐家而不是聋哑音乐家。

12.A。在这之前,还没有一位聋哑学生做到过(指成为一位音乐家),因此许多老师都反对录取我。

13.D。见上题解析。

14.B。从下文的“and went on to...”可知:根据我的成绩,我最终被录取了。

15.C。从下面的“with the academy’s highest honours”可知Evelyn以音乐学院的最优异的成绩毕业。

16.A。从下文可知:因为很少有专门为打击乐器的独奏演员而谱写的乐曲,Evelyn亲自谱写创作。

17.D。Evelyn自己谱写乐曲的原因是可供打击乐器的独奏演员使用的乐曲很少。

18.B。Although引导让步状语从句:尽管医生认为“我”全聋,但是并不意味着“我”的爱好(passion)不能成为现实。

19.A。见上题解析。

20.D。Evelyn通过亲身经历告诉我们不要受别人观点的牵绊,要保持热情,不停地追求梦想。

 0  256176  256184  256190  256194  256200  256202  256206  256212  256214  256220  256226  256230  256232  256236  256242  256244  256250  256254  256256  256260  256262  256266  256268  256270  256271  256272  256274  256275  256276  256278  256280  256284  256286  256290  256292  256296  256302  256304  256310  256314  256316  256320  256326  256332  256334  256340  256344  256346  256352  256356  256362  256370  447348 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网