Question

At the age of 2, Tai Lihua lost her hearing after a fever. She did not realize she was   50   from other children  until  she  was  7  when  she  was sent to a   51   school for the deaf and mute.

To a little girl who once   52   a beautiful voice, this   53   was almost fatal. She was driven into a deep depression and spent all her time alone. But a music class at the special school totally changed her life.

“Our teacher   54   a drum on the floor and I could feel rhythmic vibration (震动) passing under my feet over the floor,” Tai said when remembering her childhood.

She was totally fascinated by the vibration and bent   55   the floor to press her face and hands and even her   56   body to the floor to feel the vibration and rhythm. Dance and rhythm have become her lifelong friends since then. In the following years, whenever she saw dance performances on TV, Tai would like to press her face   57   to the loudspeaker to feel the rhythms of different beats.

When she was 15, she was   58   by the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe (剧团), an unofficial troupe for special art founded in 1987. She was chosen as a dancer and began to receive   59   dance training. Tai made dance her form of expression through   60   and hard work.

“The only way for me to learn dancing is to remember, repeat, and remember again,   61   I can feel that a band is alongside me and can play music for me at any time,” said Tai. In her eyes, dance is visible and colorful music and a beautiful language to express her inner world.

The persistence and hard work   62  . She became one of the best dancers of the troupe. Along with other members, she has visited over 50 countries and performed in all the world’s leading theaters,   63   New York’s Carnegie Hall and Milan’s La Scala Theater. In 2000, a huge poster of her dance The Soul of the Peacock was   64   in Carnegie Hall, the first time this had been done for a Chinese performer.

 

50.	A. unusual	B. different	C. uncommon	D. unique
51.	A. special	B. primary	C. peculiar	D. music
52.	A. produced	B. occupied	C. owned	D. formed
53.	A. ambition	B. realization	C. recognition	D. intention
54.	A. hit	B. knocked	C. struck	D. beat
55.	A. toward	B. above	C. on	D. over
56.	A. entire	B. all	C. whole	D. total
57.	A. roughly	B. toughly	C. closely	D. nearly
58.	A. selected	B. elected	C. invited	D. touched
59.	A. national	B. traditional	C. educational	D. professional
60.	A. strong will	B. born gift	C. unfortunate fate	D. colorful music
61.	A. while	B. until	C. as soon as	D. as long as
62.	A. turn off	B. put off	C. took off	D. paid off
63.	A. included	B. containing	C. just like	D. such as
64.	A. posted	B. published	C. performed	D. staged

 

Answer 1

50 54 BACBD     55 59 DCCAD     60 64 ABDDA