第二节:完形填空(共20个小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

   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 (震动) I feel through my body and 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 on 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 I 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 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      clude     D. say

  55.A. directed     B. guided      C. taught       D. limited

 0  416192  416200  416206  416210  416216  416218  416222  416228  416230  416236  416242  416246  416248  416252  416258  416260  416266  416270  416272  416276  416278  416282  416284  416286  416287  416288  416290  416291  416292  416294  416296  416300  416302  416306  416308  416312  416318  416320  416326  416330  416332  416336  416342  416348  416350  416356  416360  416362  416368  416372  416378  416386  447090 

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