Question

完形填空（共20個(gè)小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

    Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打擊樂(lè)器獨(dú)奏演員) 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 (酷愛(ài))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(音調(diào)高低)by the vibrations (震動(dòng)) 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.”

A. conditions        B. opinions       C. actions           D. recommendations

A. enjoying         B. choosing       C. taking            D. giving

A. sight            B. hearing         C. touch            D. taste

A. evidence         B. result          C. excuse            D. cause

A. left              B. excited        C. accompanied      D. disappointed

A. purpose         B. decision         C. promise         D. goal

A. turned           B. learned         C. used             D. ought

A. tell             B. see             C. hear             D. smell.

A. carefulness       B. movement       C. imagination       D. experience

A. sense           B. effort            C. feeling           D. idea

A. dissatisfied      B. astonished        C. determined       D. discouraged

A. done            B. accepted        Ｃ.advised           D. admitted

A. supported        B. followed         C. required         D. opposed

A. usually          B. finally           C. possibly         D. hopefully

A. study           B. research          C. graduate         D. progress

A. wrote           B. translated        C. copied           D. read

A. enough          B. some            C. many           D. few

A. However        B. Although         C. When           D. Since

A. mean           B. seem             C.conclude         D. say

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

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】C

【小題3】B

【小題4】D

【小題5】A

【小題6】D

【小題7】B

【小題8】A

【小題9】C

【小題10】A

【小題11】C

【小題12】A

【小題13】D

【小題14】B

【小題15】C

【小題16】A

【小題17】D

【小題18】B

【小題19】A

【小題20】D

解析:

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