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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.”



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


A.directed B.guided C.taught D.limited
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Do you have something in mind about our future life? Life in sixty years will obviously be very different from____is____. It is interesting to try to____what life will be like____.
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Our future is promising. Let's work hard for____our beautiful future.

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

A.seem B.to be C.like D.appear

A.imagine B.make C.say D.live

A.in future B.in the future C.at future D.for future

A.the same B.different C.rich D.poor

A.countries B.nations C.homes D.ways

A.forests B.mountains C.sea D.cities

A.Some B.Most C.Every D.Very few

A.up B.down C.in D.with

A.not B.widely C.for D.easily

A.to eat B.to work C.school D.to speak

A.workers B.peasants C.scientists D.teachers

A.to B.for C.until D.as

A.school B.working C.happy D.army

A.possible B.sure C.possibly D.perhaps

A.forty B.fourteen C.four D.fourth

A.what B.which C.whatever D.however

A.Then B.And C.Therefore D.Finally

A.do shopping B.have medical examination C.study D.travel

A.realizing B.imaging C.completing D.supposing

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A.letter B.book C.light D.note

A.actor B.prisoner C.other D.police

A.write B.receive C.read D.spell

A.written B.sent C.handed D.taken

A.game B.joke C.fun D.part

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

A.tried B.managed C.failed D.pretended

A.tailor B.prisoner C.curtain D.light

A.stage B.play C.theatre D.cell

A.But B.So C.As D.Because

A.hardly B.really C.simply D.finally

A.worried B.eager C.afraid D.surprised

A.stared at B.tore C.folded up D.corrected

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A.understand B.read C.remember D.see

A.not B.indeed C.little D.slightly

A.light B.glasses C.letter D.help

A.With B.By C.For D.Without

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A.clean B.usual C.new D.special

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A.wounded B.surprise C.doubt D.need

A.receive B.inspire C.examine D.accepted

A.fact B.need C.return D.turn

A.specially B.immediately C.especially D.suddenly

A.express B.impress C.explain D.declare

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A.therefore B.otherwise C.besides D.however

A.put B.hold C.collect D.get

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A.hope B.believe C.suggest D.enjoy

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A.another B.other C.others D.the other

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A.often B.ever C.seldom D.never

A.least B.end C.home D.beginning

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A.actual B.practical C.true D.exact

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A.that B.when C.before D.after

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A.promise B.let C.have D.permit

A.other two B.two other C.more two D.two another

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