He found it increasingly difficult to read,         his eyesight was beginning to fail.

A．for         B．though          C．but               D．so

—I can’t repair these until tomorrow, I’m afraid.

—That’s OK. There’s         .

A．no wonder        B．no doubt          C．no problem         D．no hurry

         you eat the correct foods        be able to keep fit and stay healthy.

A．If only; you will                  B．only if; will you 

C．Unless; you will                  D．Unless; will you

It is in the very village,         Mary was born 35 years ago,         she will build her first school,         inspires everyone to help her.

A．where; that; which                               B．that; that; that

C．that; when; which                       D．where; when; that

         fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.

A．Would you be                 B．Could you be      

C．Should you be                D．Might you be

—Are you here on business?

—No,        .This is my holiday.

A．with pleasure          B．a pleasure          C．for pleasure           D．It’s my pleasure

Tell me         you want your coffee, black or white?

A．how                B．when                  C．which                 D．what

I like getting up early in summer. The morning air is good        .

A．to be breathed         B．being breathed          C．to breathe           D．breathing

—Tomorrow is a holiday. Why are you doing your homework now?

—I am doing these exercises so that I won’t have         tomorrow.

A．to           B．it           C．them         D．for

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 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. 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