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Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview she talked about how she became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of deafness.
“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 lose my   3 . Doctors told me that the nerve damage(神经损伤) was the  4  and by age twelve I was completely deaf. But my love for music never left me.”
“My   5   was to become a percussion soloist even though there were none at that time. To perform I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can   6  the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my imagination. My sound world exists by making use of almost every   7  that I have.”
“I decided to be a musician even though I was deaf and applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   8   this before and some teachers disagreed with me. Because of my performance I finally entered the academy and went on to   9   with the academy’s highest honors a few years later.”
“I’ve been a soloist for more than ten years. 10   the doctor thought I was totally deaf it didn’t mean that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be limited by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

小题1:

A．conditions

B．opinions

C．advantages

D．recommendations

小题2:

A．enjoying

B．choosing

C．taking

D．giving

小题3:

A．sight

B．hearing

C．touch

D．taste

小题4:

A．evidence

B．result

C．excuse

D．cause

小题5:

A．job

B．opinion

C．promise

D．goal

小题6:

A．tell

B．see

C．hear

D．smell

小题7:

A．feeling

B．effort

C．sense

D．idea

小题8:

A．done

B．accepted

C．advised

D．refused

小题9:

A．study

B．offer

C．graduate

D．educate

小题10:

A．As

B．Although

C．Because

D．Since

Answer 1

【小题 1】B
【小题 2】C
【小题 3】B
【小题 4】D
【小题 5】D
【小题 6】A
【小题 7】C
【小题 8】A
【小题 9】C
【小题 10】B小题1:此题考查名词，根据上下文可知，此处应选择opinoins 意思是观点或看法。小题2:此题考查动词，固定短语take a lesson 意思是上课。小题3:此题考查名词，根据上文的“deafness”提示可知，选择B。小题4:此题重点考查名词，根据语境可知选择D.小题5:此题考查名词，根据语境可知，他的理想或愿望是成为一名打击乐演员，故选D.小题6:此题考查动词，根据语境可知“我”根据震动来辨别音的高低，故选B.小题7:此题考查名词，根据语境可知，“我”通过每个感官来感觉声音。小题8:此题考查动词，根据句意可知，以前没有一个聋哑学生这样做过。小题9:此题考查动词不定式做目的状语。小题10:此题考查连词，连接让步状语从句，表示“尽管”之意。