第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，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 ___36___ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began ___37___ 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 ___38___. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ___39___ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never ___40___ me. ”

“My ___41___ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I ___42___ to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can ___43___ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动) I feel through my body and through my ___44___. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every ___45___ that I have.”

“I was ___46___ 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 ___47___ this before and some teachers ___48___ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ___49___ admitted and went on to ___50___ with the academy’s highest honors.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I ___51___ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since ___52___ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. ___53___ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t ___54___ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be ___55___ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”(from www.nmet168.com)

36. A. conditions B. opinions

C. actions D. recommendations

37. A. enjoying B. choosing

C. taking D. giving

38. A. sight B. hearing

C. touch D. taste

39. A. evidence B. result

C. excuse D. cause

40. A. left B. excited

C. accompanied D. disappointed

41. A. purpose B. decision

C. promise D. goal

42. A. turned B. learned

C. used D. ought

43. A. tell B. see

C. hear D. smell

44. A. carefulness B. movement

C. imagination D. experience

45. A. sense B. effort

C. feeling D. idea

46. A. dissatisfied B. astonished

C. determined D. discouraged

47. A. done B. accepted

C. advised D. admitted

48. A. supported B. followed

C. required D. opposed

49. A. usually B. finally

C. possibly D. hopefully

50. A. study B. research

C. graduate D. progress

51. A. wrote B. translated

C. copied D. read

52. A. enough B. some

C. many D. few

53. A. However B. Although

C. When D. Since

54. A. mean B. seem

C. conclude D. say

55. A. directed B. guided

C. taught D. limited