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(dú)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 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 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(dòng)) 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 honors.”

       “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.   18   the doctor thought I was totally deaf; it didn’t   19   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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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