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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A.conditions |
B.opinions |
C.actions |
D.recommendations |
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A.enjoying |
B.choosing |
C.taking |
D.giving |
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A.sight |
B.hearing |
C.touch |
D.taste |
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A.evidence |
B.result |
C.excuse |
D.cause |
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A.left |
B.excited |
C.accompanied |
D.disappointed |
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A.purpose |
B.decision |
C.promise |
D.goal |
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A.turned |
B.learned |
C.used |
D.ought |
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A.tell |
B.see |
C.hear |
D.smell |
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A.carefulness |
B.movement |
C.imagination |
D.experience |
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A.sense |
B.effort |
C.feeling |
D.idea |
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A.dissatisfied |
B.astonished |
C.determined |
D.discouraged |
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A.done |
B.accepted |
C.advised |
D.admitted |
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A.supported |
B.followed |
C.required |
D.opposed |
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A.usually |
B.finally |
C.possibly |
D.hopefully |
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A.study |
B.research |
C.graduate |
D.progress |
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A.wrote |
B.translated |
C.copied |
D.read |
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A.enough |
B.some |
C.many |
D.few |
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A.However |
B.Although |
C.When |
D.Since |
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A.mean |
B.seem |
C.conclude |
D.say |
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A.directed |
B.guided |
C.taught |
D.limited |
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