EvelynGlenniewasthefirstladyofsolopercussioninScotland.Inaninterviewsherecalledhowshebecameapercussionsoloist(打击乐器独奏演员)inspiteofherdisability.“EarlyonIdecidednottoallowthe36ofothers

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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 (振动). I feel 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 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 a 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 to the place you want to go.”

小题1:

A．conditions

B．opinions

C．actions

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．left

B．excited

C．accompanied

D．disappointed

小题6:

A．purpose

B．decision

C．promise

D．goal

小题7:

A．turned

B．learned

C．used

D．ought

小题8:

A．tell

B．see

C．hear

D．smell

小题9:

A．carefulness

B．movement

C．imagination

D．experience

小题10:

A．sense

B．effort

C．feeling

D．idea

小题11:

A．dissatisfied

B．astonished

C．determined

D．discouraged

小题12:

A．done

B．accepted

C．advised

D．admitted

小题13:

A．supported

B．followed

C．required

D．opposed

小题14:

A．usually

B．finally

C．possibly

D．hopefully

小题15:

A．study

B．research

C．graduate

D．progress

小题16:

A．wrote

B．translated

C．copied

D．read

小题17:

A．enough

B．some

C．many

D．few

小题18:

A．However

B．Although

C．When

D．Since

小题19:

A．mean

B．seem

C．conclude

D．say

小题20:

A．directed

B．guided

C．taught

D．limited

Answer 1

小题1:B小题2:C小题3:B小题4:D小题5:A小题6:D小题7:B小题8:A小题9:C小题10:A小题11:C小题12:A小题13:D小题14:B小题15:C小题16:A小题17:D小题18:B小题19:A小题20:D这是一篇叙事性的文章，作者采用倒叙的手法，讲述了英国著名聋女乐器打击手Evelyn Glennie克服困难成功的故事，阐明了只要有激情，敢于尝试，就能成功的主题。小题1:考点是：名词词义。综合整个语篇及文章最后一段 “I would encourage people not to allow…”的提示，可知作者虽身残而志坚，挑战世俗，大胆尝试，最终获得成功，可知最佳答案为B项。小题2:考点是：动词词义。文中take piano lessons 为动词搭配，表示：上(听)钢琴课之意，故排除其它三个干扰项。小题3:考点是：名词词义。由下文“I was completely deaf ”；“not as a deaf musician”；“ I was totally deaf” 处可知作者年幼失聪 (hearing)。小题4:考点是：名词词义辨析。根据文章，医生断言神经受损是作者耳聋的原因所在，而非产生的结果，故排除B项，A项表示：证据，C项表示：借口，均不符合文意。小题5:考点是：动词词义辨析。从文中可知，作者虽患耳疾，但年纪愈长，对音乐的热情也愈涨，再由but一词的暗示，可敲定left为正确答案。小题6:考点是：名词词义辨析。根据文意，作者的人生目标是要成为一名打击乐器独奏演员，所以D为正确答案，A项表示: 意图，B项表示: 决定，C项表示: 诺言，均不准确。小题7:考点是：动词词义辨析。由文中可知，由于听力丧失，作者无法用耳朵去听音乐，所以只能尝试学会以“另类”的方式去感悟音乐，选项B恰好表示: 学习、习得之意，符合文意。小题8:考点是：动词词义辨析。由上文可知，作者无法象常人一样去听音乐，就想出只穿着袜子不穿鞋，利用身体的震动来感知音乐，分辨音调高低。其中can与tell连用，正好表达“分辨”、“辨别”之意，为正确答案。小题9:考点是：名词词义辨析。根据文意和句子结构可判断，只有C项imagination (想象力)为正确答案。小题10:考点是：名词词义辨析。根据上文 作者听力丧失，所以只能协调其它的感官去“听”音乐。故A项为正确答案。小题11:考点是：形容词词义辨析此处表达作者要立志成为音乐家，所以不难选出determine一词，其他三项dissatisfied astonished discouraged因感情色彩与文章主旨明显不符，而不能入选。小题12:考点是：副词词义辨析。作者耳患顽疾，且又申请著名的伦敦皇家音乐学院去学习，这在当时是没有哪个聋哑学生能够做到的，故此题选A为宜。小题13:考点是：动词词义辨析。由上下文语境，再加上衔接词and（注意文中没用but 说明此处表示并列，而非转折）可推知，作者的行为自然要受到老师的反对。此处学生易误选support一词而造成语意前后矛盾，以致偏离主题。小题14:考点是：副词词义辨析。从文中可知，作者大胆尝试，抵制压力，克服困难，最终考入皇家音乐学院，所以B项（最终地）为正确答案。小题15:考点是：动词词义辨析。由第四段最后一句可知，应是作者毕业时获得学院最高荣誉奖，其它三项不妥。小题16:考点是：动词词义辨析。根据文章，作者经过不懈努力，后来成为第一位专职打击音乐独奏演员，再由下句“…had been written specially for solo percussionists.”中write一词的同义复现，可确定上句答案为A项。小题17:考点是：不定代词词义辨析。考查代词词义，根据上下文逻辑，在此作者想表达很少有人来专门为打击音乐独奏演员来谱曲，所以出现上文作者挺身而出，竭力为演员们来谱曲，所以此题D项为正确答案。小题18:考点是：连词用法。根据上下文逻辑，可知此处应使用表示转折的关联词，选项A (however)虽然表示转折含义，但不用做连词，不能连接句子，故排除。所以B项为正确答案。小题19:考点是：动词词义辨析。根据文意和句式结构（此句为双重否定句）可知，mean表示：“意味着”，为最佳答案。小题20:考点是：动词词义辨析。作者通过自身经历劝导人们不要为别人的思想而束缚自己，故D项 (limited表示：限制)为最佳