完形填空 （共20小题，满分33分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
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) though she was a disabled woman.
“Early on I decided not to allow the
16 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began
17 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
18 . Doctors told me that the nerve (神经) damage was the
19 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never
20 me.”
“My
21 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I
22 to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play using my feet and can
23 the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my
24 . My entire sound world exists by making full ___25___ of every sense that I have.”
“I was
26 to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had
27 this before and some teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my performance, I was
29 admitted and went on to
30 with great honour.”
“After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I
31 a lot of musical pieces since 32__ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years.
33 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t
34 that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be
35 by others’ attitude. 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．actions | D．suggestions |
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| 小题2: | | A．enjoying | B．choosing | C．taking | D．giving |
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| 小题3: | | A．sight | B．hearing | C．touch | D．taste |
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| 小题4: | | A．evidence | B．result | C．excuse | D．cause |
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| 小题5: | | A．left | B．excited | C．supported | D．disappointed |
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| 小题6: | | A．achievement | B．decision | C．promise | D．goal |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned | B．learned | C．used | D．ought |
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| 小题9: | | A．carefulness | B．idea | C．imagination | D．experience |
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| 小题10: | | A．use | B．effort | C．feeling | D．idea |
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| 小题11: | | A．dissatisfied | B．shocked | C．determined | D．unhappy |
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| 小题12: | | A．done | B．accepted | C．advised | D．admitted |
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| 小题13: | | A．learning | B．excited | C．willing | D．unwilling |
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| 小题14: | | A．usually | B．finally | C．possibly | D．hopefully |
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| 小题15: | | A．study | B．research | C．graduate | D．progress |
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| 小题16: | | A．wrote | B．translated | C．heard | D．read |
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| 小题17: | | A．enough | B．some | C．many | D．few |
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| 小题18: | | A．However | B．Although | C．When | D．Since |
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| 小题19: | | A．mean | B．seem | C．conclude | D．say |
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| 小题20: | | A．failed | B．beaten | C．taught | D．affected |
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