Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the recent interview, Evelyn Glennie who was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland, 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 ________ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began ________ 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 ________. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ________ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never ________ me.”

“My ________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I ________ to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can ________ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my ________. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every ________ that I have.”

“I was ________ 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 ________ this before and some teachers ________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ________ admitted and went on to ________ with the academy’s highest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I ________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since ________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. ________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t ________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be ________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”

1.A. opinionsB. actionsC. recommendationsD. conditions

2.A. choosingB. takingC. givingD. enjoying

3.A. hearingB. touchC. tasteD. sight

4.A. resultB. excuseC. causeD. evidence

5.A. excitedB. accompaniedC. disappointedD. left

6.A. decisionB. promiseC. goalD. purpose

7.A. learnedB. usedC. oughtD. turned

8.A. seeB. hearC. smellD. tell

9.A. movementB. imaginationC. experienceD. carefulness

10.A. effortB. feelingC. ideaD. sense

11.A. astonishedB. determinedC. discouragedD. dissatisfied

12.A. acceptedB. advisedC. admittedD. done

13.A. followedB. requiredC. opposedD. supported

14.A. finallyB. possiblyC. hopefullyD. usually

15.A. researchB. graduateC. progressD. study

16.A. translatedB. copiedC. readD. wrote

17.A. someB. manyC. fewD. enough

18.A. AlthoughB. WhenC. SinceD. However

19.A. seemB. concludeC. sayD. mean

20.A. guidedB. taughtC. limitedD. directed

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：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。

1.A 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。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，不允许别人的眼光阻碍自己成为音乐家，故最佳答案为A项。

2.B 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。句意：我成长在苏格兰东北部的农场，八岁开始上钢琴课。文中take piano lessons 为动词搭配，表示“上钢琴课”之意，故排除其它三个干扰项，选B。

3.A 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。由下文“I was completely deaf”；“not as a deaf musician”；“I was totally deaf”处可知，作者逐渐失去听力。

4.C 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。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。A. result结果；B. excuse借口；C. cause原因；D. evidence证据。故选C。

5. 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。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，故选D。

6.C 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. decision决定；B. promise承诺；C. goal目标；D. purpose目的。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C为正确答案。

7.A 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。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A恰好表示“学习、习得”之意，符合文意。故选A。

8.D 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。由上文可知，作者无法像常人一样去听音乐，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。故选D。

9.B 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。根据文意和句子结构可判断，只有B项imagination (想象力)为正确答案。意为我通过身体和想象力来感知音乐，故选B。

10.D 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。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D项为正确答案。

11.B 考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。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astonished,discouraged,dissatisfied因感情色彩与文章主旨明显不符，而不能入选。故选B。

12.D 考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。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D为宜。

13. 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. followed跟随；B. required要求；C. opposed反对；D. Supported。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。故选C。

14. 考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. finally最终；B. possibly可能；C. hopefully有希望地；D. usually通常。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A项（最终地）为正确答案。故选A。

15.B 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. research研究；B. graduate毕业；C. progress进步；D. study学习。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。故选B。

16.D 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。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D项。

17.C 考查不定代词词意辨析以及对语境的理解。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C项为正确答案。

18.A 考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。句意：尽管医生认为我完全聋了，但是这并不意味着我的目标不能实现。所以A项为正确答案。

19.D 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. seem似乎；B. conclude总结；C. say说；D. mean意味着。句意：尽管医生认为我完全聋了，但是这并不意味着我的目标不能实现。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。故选D。

20.C 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. guided指导，引导；B. taught教；C. limited限制；D. directed指导。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C项为最佳答案。

考点：考查故事类完型填空

【名师点睛】

解题技巧：巧解完形填空题

考生必须进行通篇考虑，掌握大意，注意语境和有关提示，正确地分析、归纳、概括出一篇文章的主旨或段意的表达，千万不要急于选择答案。通过浏览阅读上述文章，我们不难概括出该文的主旨为：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。为帮助考生能更好地解答完形填空题，在这里介绍几种解题技巧。

1. 复现解题法：这类题多为同义词、近义词和反义词的复现或同义词、近义词和反义词异形复现的形式。这种测试手法主要是考查考生的整体篇章意识和上下文推断能力。

2. 语法结构法： 这类题需要考生有较为扎实的语法基础知识，能够从句式的结构上辨别出须填相关的关联词、连词、副词、形容词或相应的动词，当然还要考虑到主谓一致的关系等语法知识要点。

1） Based on my performance, I was 44 admitted.

44.A. finally B. possibly C. hopefully D. Usually

【44.A项，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A项（最终地）为正确答案。故选A。】

3. 语境信息解题法：这类题主要是通过短文中上下语境所透露的信息进行解题，首先要正确理解所给信息，在进行合理分析和推断，这种语境信息一定要遵循逻辑概念，符合运动规律，时态的交替，以及特殊场合下的应急合理判断。

2 ）No other deaf student had done this before and some teachers 43 my admission.

43.A. followed B. required C. opposed D. Supported

【43.C项，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。故选C。】

4. 固定搭配解题法：这类题与语法结构题有点类似，但主要惯用搭配，讲究词与词的搭配，涉及到关联词、动词、副词、形容词、名词和短语等。

3） I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 32 piano lessons when I was eight.

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

【32.B项。句意：我成长在苏格兰东北部的农场，八岁开始上钢琴课。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，选B。】

5. 逻辑语气解题法：这类题主要是通过分了解全文的人物、时间、地点等信息之后，再分析句子与句子之间的关系，段落与段落之间的关系来解题。这种逻辑语气主要包含并列、递进、因果、转折和委婉语气等等。这类题的选项多为连词、副词或具有连词意义的各类短语。

4）I have been a soloist for over ten years. 48 the doctor thought I was totally deaf,.

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

【48. A项。句意：尽管医生认为我完全聋了，但是这并不意味着我的目标不能实现。所以A项为正确答案。】