阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
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) 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 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 to with the academy’s highest honors.
“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.”
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n） ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the ．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more ．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio．That was an exciting place for a young black man to become an artist．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．From their ,Jacob learned that history books often the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a series of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He Toussaint, who had helped free his people French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a artist．
A．steps B．blocks C．buildings D．roads
A．artist B．teacher C．professor D．official
A．swinging B．existing C．hanging D．folding
A．hard B．loose C．difficult D．tight
A．lined B．decorated C．furnished D．filled
A．kept B．received C．created D．remembered
A．museum B．studio C．church D．street学科
A．whether B．which C．that D．when
A．precious B．practical C．standard D．flexible
A．suggested B．reminded C．provided D．showed
A．approving B．struggling C．marching D．joining
A．settled B．wandered C．gathered D．rushed
A．experiences B．performances C．accents D．conversations
A．admitted B．accused C．ignored D．witnessed
A．chose B．accepted C．assessed D．employed
A．against B．from C．for D．with
A．more than B．rather than C．other than D．less than
A．put B．gave C．permitted D．took
A．award B．title C．salary D．prize
A．creative B．popular C．valuable D．professional
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd ?" Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't . Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas there special and memorable, I remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were.. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I them that they couldn't open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious, and wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging
A．found B．prepared C．got D．expected
A．doubt B．hope C．suggest D．accept
A．broke in B．settled down C．turned up D．showed off
A．relief B．loss C．achievement D．justice
A．blamed B．loved C．forgotten D．affected
A．highly B．little C．poorly D．enough
A．present B．first C．recent D．previous
A．hardly B．instantly C．regularly D．occasionally
A．strength B．independence C．importance D．safety
A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with
A．none B．few C．some D．each
A．fine B．special C．helpful D．normal
A．reminded B．guaranteed C．convinced D．promised
A．after B．until C．when。 D．since
A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward
A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered
A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．calmness D．joy
A．it B．such C．something D．everybody
A．by B．till C．for D．from
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I was in the ninth year at St Joseph’s High School, when I began to suffer depression. My parents noticed, but felt that since I’d always been a responsible girl and a good student, this was just a temporary 21 .
Unfortunately, that was not to be. I didn’t have many friends. I could never share my 22. A deep insecurity destroyed my self-confidence. Soon I 23 to attend classes for many days. I would shut myself in my room for hours.
The examinations were approaching, 24 I simply didn’t care. My parents and teachers were surprised at my bad performance.
One morning, after a particularly 25 lecture from Dad, I stood depressed, in the school assembly. 26 , as the other students marched to their classroom, our principal 27 me. I made my way to Sister Sylvia’s office.
The next 45 minutes were the most 28 moments of my life. Sister Sylvia said she’d noticed a big 29in me. She wanted to know why I was lagging in studies, so frequently 30 and unhappy. She took my hand in hers and 31 patiently as I spilled out my worries. She then 32 me as I sobbed my pent-up （压抑的）emotions out. Months of frustration and loneliness 33 in her motherly hug.
No one had tried to 34 what the real problem was, but my principal had done it with her simple act of just listening to me with such 35 and caring.
As the examinations approached again, I studied 36 . When the results were 37 , everybody was pleased, but happiest of all was my principal.
I soon made new friends and was happy 38 . But whenever I had a problem, I could always slip into Sister Sylvia’s office for a(n) 39 .
Today I’m a 40 young woman doing my MA and hoping to become a writer. I’ve become an inspiration to several of my friends and cousins, thanks to a kind nun who cared.
A．basis B．stage C．adjustment D．solution
A．viewpoints B．experiences C．problems D．dreams
A．skipped B．refused C．regretted D．forgot
A．otherwise B．though C．but D．or
A．severe B．public C．popular D．formal
A．Also B．Therefore C．Still D．Then
A．attracted B．accompanied C．called D．instructed
A．precious B．curious C．anxious D．serious
A．quality B．change C．mistake D．faith
A．absent B．dishonest C．aggressive D．calm
A．looked B．waited C．listened D．worked
A．hugged B．acknowledge C．observed D．educated
A．passed away B．rode away C．drove away D．melted away
A．reveal B．understand C．realize D．doubt
A．dignity B．courage C．attention D．satisfaction
A．hard B．alone C．closely D．abroad
A．declared B．obtained C．applied D．compared
A．forever B．again C．anyhow D．instead
A．request B．effect C．reason D．chat
A．mature B．quiet C．smart D．happy
There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
A．pointed to B．referred to C．turned to D．kept to
A．lay B．belonged C．stood D．laid
A．apart from B．instead of C．other than D．for fear of
A．house B．boat C．bridge D．school
A．set about B．set down C．set out D．set up
A．sat B．stood C．got D．rowed
A．joy B．sorrow C．curiosity D．hope
A．mustn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t
A．declared B．thought C．added D．assumed
A．Unless B．Whenever C．Until D．However
A．never B．always C．ever D．seldom
A．cautious B．endless C．hard D．effective
A．experience B．avoid C．enjoy D．deny
A．searching B．seeking C．hoping D．improving
A．spiritual B．nice C．new D．material
A．body B．part C．soul D．head
A．blaming B．praising C．ending D．cursing
A．turn B．put C．divide D．draw
A．time B．energy C．fact D．choice
A．wish B．promise C．bring D．Require
Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was enough to escape the flood, so when the water had and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their house.
Anna’s friends were when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to .
“Well,” Anna her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very , because her husband had been killed in the and she had a lot of children, I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our ,’ she said to her children.
The children were and happy to get such a present. They the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. And I was that Christmas present.”
A．earthquake B．accident C．flood D．fire
A．below B．high C．big D．small
A．reduced B．come C．appeared D．disappeared
A．rising B．flowing C．falling D．standing
A．so B．but C．for D．since
A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something
A．gave B．found C．shared D．built
A．possible B．necessary C．important D．obvious
A．worried B．disappointed C．puzzled D．satisfied
A．them B．herself C．him D．us
A．support B．supply C．grow D．educate
A．explained to B．asked for C．talked with D．turned up
A．sad B．poor C．rich D．happy
A．war B．storm C．rain D．flood
A．because B．as C．which D．that
A．get B．send C．buy D．make
A．boy B．girl C．student D．teacher
A．child B．daughter C．sister D．present
A．angry B．excited C．lovely D．sorry
A．disliked B．gained C．welcomed D．led