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Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打擊樂器獨奏演員 )  in spite of her disability.              "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 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 gradually lose my     3   . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the    4     and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never    5   me. "              "My   6    was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I   7   to 'hear' music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can    8    the pitch of a note (音調(diào)高低) by the vibrations (振動) I feel through my body and through my   9    . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every    10   that I have. "              "I was   11   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    12   this before and some teachers    13   my admission. Based on my performance, I was   14    admitted and went on to   15   with the academy's highest honours. "              "After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I     16    and arranged a lot of musical compositions since   17   had been written specially for solo percussionists. "              "I have been a soloist for over ten years.   19  the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't   18   that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be   20   by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go. "

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1-5: BCBDA   6-10: DBACA  11-15: CADBC  16-20: ADBAD