Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she talked about how she became a percussion soloist（打擊樂器獨(dú)奏演員）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（酷愛）for music grew. But I also began to lose my   3 . Doctors told me that the nerve damage(神經(jīng)損傷) 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（音調(diào)高低）by the vibrations（振動）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.”
小題1:
A．conditionsB．opinionsC．a(chǎn)dvantagesD．recommendations
小題2:
A．enjoyingB．choosingC．takingD．giving
小題3:
A．sightB．hearingC．touchD．taste
小題4:
A．evidenceB．resultC．excuseD．cause
小題5:
A．job B．opinionC．promiseD．goal
小題6:
A．tellB．seeC．hearD．smell
小題7:
A．feeling B．effortC．senseD．idea
小題8:
A．doneB．a(chǎn)cceptedC．a(chǎn)dvisedD．refused
小題9:
A．studyB．offerC．graduateD．educate
小題10:
A．AsB．AlthoughC．BecauseD．Since

【小題 1】B
【小題 2】C
【小題 3】B
【小題 4】D
【小題 5】D
【小題 6】A
【小題 7】C
【小題 8】A
【小題 9】C
【小題 10】B

小題1:此題考查名詞，根據(jù)上下文可知，此處應(yīng)選擇opinoins,意思是觀點(diǎn)或看法。
小題2:此題考查動詞，固定短語take a lesson,意思是上課。
小題3:此題考查名詞，根據(jù)上文的“deafness”提示可知，選擇B。
小題4:此題重點(diǎn)考查名詞，根據(jù)語境可知選擇D.
小題5:此題考查名詞，根據(jù)語境可知，他的理想或愿望是成為一名打擊樂演員，故選D.
小題6:此題考查動詞，根據(jù)語境可知“我”根據(jù)震動來辨別音的高低，故選B.
小題7:此題考查名詞，根據(jù)語境可知，“我”通過每個感官來感覺聲音。
小題8:此題考查動詞，根據(jù)句意可知，以前沒有一個聾啞學(xué)生這樣做過。
小題9:此題考查動詞不定式做目的狀語。
小題10:此題考查連詞，連接讓步狀語從句，表示“盡管”之意。
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