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完形填空Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打击乐器)in Scotland.In an interview,she recalled how she became a percussion soloist 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 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(音调高低)by the vibrations(振动)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 fulltime 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 though 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
答案:B Evelyn Glennie不允许他人的“观点”妨碍自己成为一名音乐家。
2.A.enjoying
B.choosing
C.taking
D.giving
答案:C 当我8岁的时候就开始上钢琴课,take lessons表示“上课”,为固定搭配,故选C项。
3.A.sight
B.hearing
C.touch
D.taste
答案:B 由下文的“I was completely deaf.”可以确定选B项。
4.A.evidence
B.result
C.excuse
D.cause
答案:D 根据上下文可知,医生断定神经的损伤是导致我听力下降的“原因”,故选D项。
5.A.left
B.excited
C.accompanied
D.disappointed
答案:A 尽管我12岁时就完全失聪了,但是我对音乐的挚爱却从没有放弃。leave“离开;遗弃”,符合题意。
6.A.purpose
B.decision
C.promise
D.goal
答案:D 我的“目标”就是要成为一个打击乐器独奏演员。
7.A.turned
B.learned
C.used
D.ought
答案:B 要表演,就要“学习”。没有turn to do结构;used to do“过去常常做某事”;ought to do“应该做某事”,均不合语境。
8.A.tell
B.see
C.hear
D.smell
答案:A 通过振动的感觉和我的想象就可以“说出”音调的高低。
9.A.carefulness
B.movement
C.imagination
D.experience
答案:C 通过作者的“想象”,故选C项。
10.A.sense
B.effort
C.feeling
D.idea
答案:A 我整个的声音世界的存在几乎利用了我所有的“感觉”。
11.A.dissatisfied
B.astonished
C.determined
D.discouraged
答案:C 我“决定”被评定为一个音乐家。be determined to do sth.“决心做某事”,符合题意。12.A.done
B.accepted
C.advised
D.admitted
答案:A 在英国皇家音乐学院,我这样的人还是先例,没人“做过”。
13.A.supported
B.followed
C.required
D.opposed
答案:D 从下文基于我的表现和最终被录取,可知本来一些老师“反对”我进入皇家音乐学院。
14.A.usually
B.finally
C.possibly
D.hopefully
答案:B 由于我的出色表现,“最终”被录取。
15.A.study
B.research
C.graduate
D.progress
答案:C 以该院的最高荣誉“毕业”。
16.A.wrote
B.translated
C.copied
D.read
答案:A 我“写”了许多音乐方面的乐曲。
17.A.enough
B.some
C.many
D.few
答案:D 几乎“没有”专门为打击乐器独奏演员所写的文章。
18.A.However
B.Although
C.When
D.Since
答案:B “尽管”医生认定我完全失聪。however需单独使用,用逗号隔开,故选B项。
19.A.mean
B.seem
C.conclude
D.say
答案:A 但是并不“意味”着我的激情不能被激发。
20.A.directed
B.guided
C.taught
D.limited
答案:D 我将鼓励人们不要为他人的观点所限制。be limited by“为……所限制”。
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 It was a cold Saturday morning.An old man walked slowly into the ____.With shoulders bent forward,he leaned on his trusty stick with each ____step. His shabby clothes and warm personality made him out from the usual breakfast crowd.Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips _____in a steady smile. A young waitress named Mary_____him drag toward a table by the window.She ran over to him,and said,“Here,sir.Let me give you a ____with that chair.” Without saying a word,he smiled and ___.She pulled the chair away from the able.Steadying him with one arm,she helped him get comfortably_____.Then she moved the table up close to him,and leaned his ____against the table where he could reach it. In a soft,clear voice,he said,“Thank you for your_____.” “You’re welcome,sir.” She replied__.“And my name is Mary.I’ll be back in a moment,and ____you need anything at all in the meantime,just wave at me!” After he had finished his breakfast,Mary brought him the change from his ticket.Then she ____him out from behind the table.She handed him his stick,and walked ____him to the front door.Holding the door open for him,she said,“Come back and see us,sir!” He turned with his whole body and nodded with a ____smile.“You are very kind,” he said softly. When Mary went to clean his table,she was to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin(餐巾纸).Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill! The note on the napkin _____,“Dear Mary,I respect you very much,and you respect yourself too.It shows by the way you ____others.You have found the secret of happiness.Your kind gestures will _____through those who meet you.” The next day she was told that the man she had ____on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working.
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice
of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __37__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __44__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__. Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige (声望).
Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life's work. __51__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __52__ of young people should give serious __53__ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
36. A. identification
B. accommodation
C. occupation
D. entertainment
37. A. thereby
B. however
C. though
D. therefore
38. A. thoroughly
B. mainly
C. entirely
D. partly
39. A. its
B. his
C. their
D. our
40. A. therefore
B. since
C. furthermore
D. forever
41. A. fit
B. make
C. take
D. leave
42. A. means
B. job
C. way
D. company
43. A. to
B. for
C. with
D. without
44. A. little
B. few
C. much
D. a lot
45. A. chance
B. purpose
C. basis
D. opportunity
46. A. apply
B. appeal
C. turn
D. stick
47. A. its
B. their
C. your
D. our
48. A. concerning
B. following
C. ignoring
D. considering
49. A. preferences
B. requirements
C. tendencies
D. ambitions
50. A. a
B. any
C. the
D. no
51. A. Therefore
B. Moreover
C. Nevertheless
D. However
52. A. majority
B. mass
C. minority
D. number
53. A. proposal
B. suggestion
C. approval
D. consideration
54. A. towards
B. out of
C. against
D. without
55. A. turns
B. parts
C. risks
D. choices
【参考答案】
36-40 CBDCA
41-45 ABDAC
46-50 DACBD
51-55 BADBC
阅读下面短文,掌握其 大意,然后从36 ~55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
On Christmas Day, I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___36___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.
For over a month I stared at ___37___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___38___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I __39___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.
My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t __40___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___41__.
My next plan would have to be more __42__. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t __43__ to miss out on this bargain!”
His ___44___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___45___ and for US$250 you could buy ___46___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___47___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”
I went to my room, ___48___ at how mean my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t _49__ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.
When I __50__ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been __51__. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___52__. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___53___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___54___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___55___ get an A+ in English class.
36. A. pain B. attempt C. joy D. shyness
37. A. housing B. fishing
C. car D. fashion
38. A. mind B. idea C. opinion D. head
39. A. get down B. set out C. searched for D. went on
40. A. operate B. run C. start D. work
41. A. riding B. driving C. thinking D. keeping
42. A. strong B. practical C. ideal D. obvious
43. A. afford B. pay C. allow D. stand
44. A. talk B. expression C. face D. response
45. A. truck B. telescope C. chance D. bargain
46. A. one B. something C. everything D. nothing
47. A. heating B. loving C. nursing D. finding
48. A. pleased B. good C. expert D. angry
49. A. say B. believe C. care D. learn
50. A. went off B. woke up C. rang up D. found out
51. A. pleased B. instructed C. warned D. defeated
52. A. opened B. wrapped C. left D. faded
53. A. recovered B. refused C. reopened D. removed
54. A. won B. done C. beaten D. failed
55. A. ever B. already C. still
D. even
【参考答案】ACABD
BDADD
BCDCB
DCDAD
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