The river, ____ are covered with trees, is very long.

         A. which banks                    B. of which banks

         C. whose the banks                 D. the banks of which

The man who was being followed stopped from time to time ____ he wanted to tie his shoelaces.

A. as if         B. like         C. what       D. as

The players expected there ____ more free time before coming back to the country from abroad.

       A. is            B. being        C. have been      D. to be

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

Thinking

Which part of your cerebrum is most active when you are making a telephone call?

A.The frontal lobe.                                           B.The temporal lobe.

C.The occipital lobe.                                         D.The parietal lobe.

Which of the following statements is true?

A.One’s personality has something to do with the frontal lobe.

B.Bright ideas come from the parietal lobe.

C.The occipital and temperal lobes are at the back of the cerebrum.

D.The occipital lobe is in charge of sound.

From the passage,we know the reason why around 10% of people are left-handed is that_______.

A.their frontal lobe is usually dominant

B.their temporal lobe is usually dominant

C.their right brain is usually dominant

D.their left brain is usually dominant

—Have you _______some new ideas?

—Yeah.I’ll tell you later.

A.come about                                                  B.come into

C.come up with                                                D.come out with

Although medical science ______ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning.

A. achieved          B. has achieved       C. will achieve         D. had achieved

They _______ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we ________ it as no good results have come out so far.

A. had been working; are still working    B. had worked; were still working

C. have been working; have worked       D. have worked; are still working

The old man, ____________abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.

    A. to work          B. working         C. to have worked       D. having worked

Dear Ralph,

I’m a newcomer here of a small town. I would                         1. _______

describe myself as shy and quietly. Before my classmates,                2. _______

it seems always difficult for me to do things well as                       3. _______  

them. I'm sure they will laugh to me and see me as                       4. _______

a fool. So I feel unhappy every day.                                      5. _______ 

Besides, I have few friends. I don't know that they                    6. _______

don't like to talk with me. Sometimes, we talked to each other              7. _______ 

very well in class, but after class we become stranger at                   8. _______

once. I am trying to improve the situation since it doesn’t                    9. _______

seem to work. Can you tell me about what I should do?                   10. _______

Yours,

Xiao Wei