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Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. 伊芙莲·格妮是苏格兰第一敲击乐独奏家。In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability. 在一次采访中，她回忆了尽管失聪，她如何成为一位敲击乐独奏家的往事。“Early on I decided not to allow the 36 （opinions）of others to stop me from becoming a musician.早年我决定不让别人的意志阻碍我成为一位音乐家。 I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 37（taking） piano lessons when I was eight. 我在苏格兰东北的一个农场长大，在8岁的时候开始上钢琴课。The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱) for music grew.我越长大，对音乐的热情就越浓厚。 But I also began to gradually lose my 38（hearing） . 但我的听力也开始逐渐失去。Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 39（cause） and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. 医生总结说神经损坏是主要原因，到我12岁的时候，我完全聋了。But my love for music never 40（left） me.”但我对音乐的爱从未离我而去。 “My 41 （goal）was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. 我的目标是成为一名打击也独奏者，尽管那时候一个也没有。To perform, I 42（learned） to ‘hear’ music differently from others. 为了演出，我学会了“听”别人不同的音乐。I play in my stocking feet and can 43（tell） the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动) I feel through my body and through my 44（imagination） . 通过我的身体感知到的震动和我的想象力，我穿着长袜子演奏，并能辨别音调的高低。My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 45(sense) that I have.” 我整个的声音世界是通过我调用所有的感官存在着。“I was 46（determined） to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London.我下定决心要被评价为一位音乐家，而是不是一位聋人音乐家，然后我申请了著名的伦敦皇家音乐学院。No other deaf student had 47（done）this before and some teachers 48（opposed） my admission. 没有聋人学生那么做过，一些老师反对我的进入。Based on my performance, I was 49 （finally）admitted and went on to 50 （graduate）with the academy’s highest honors.” 基于我的表演，我最终入驻并带着学院的最高荣誉毕业。 “After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. 那之后，我自己创建了首位全职打击乐独奏者。I 51（wrote） and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 52 （few）had been written specially for solo percussionists.” 由于很少有曲子是特别为独奏者写的，我自己写了并编排了大量的曲子。“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 我作为一名独奏者已经有十年的光阴了。53 （Although）the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t 54（mean） that my passion couldn’t be realized. 尽管医生认为我完全失聪，那并意味着我的热情不能被激发。I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 55（limited） by others. 我会鼓励大家不要让自己被他人禁锢。Follow your passion; follow your heart.追随你的热情，追随你的内心。 They will lead you to the place you want to go.” 他们会引导你朝着你想去的地方迈进。
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典例剖析一、[2015·北京高考]Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to __1__. One woman, Mrs Gilbert, __2__ Dario's mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.
1.A.order B.sell
C.share D.advertise
[答案]C参加派对，人们带来甜点desserts应该是与大家分享，因此选share。
2.A.treated B.presented
C.helped D.served
[答案]Bpresent sb. with sth.“赠送某人某物”。
二、[2015·江苏高考]I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional ideas and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so amazing to me and had such a big __1__ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr Bernie and his CDs again to __2__ my own cancer experience?
I'm an ambitious writer, and when I started going through chemo (化疗), even though I'm a very positive person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the __3__.
It __4__ that among other things, he was an eightyyearold writer. He was actually a published author, and he was currently working on a new book.
He unfortunately __5__ last year due to his cancer, but he left a deep impression on me and gave me the __6__ to pick up my pen again. I __7__ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”
1.A.strike B.push
C.challenge D.impact
[答案]D根据下文可知，Bernie Siegel的书对“我”与癌症作斗争，重拾对生活的积极性产生了很大影响。have an impact on为固定短语，意为“对……产生影响”。故选D。
2.A.learn from B.go over
C.get through D.refer to
[答案]C根据空格后的“my own cancer experience”可知，此处指“我”依靠Bernie医生的CD来熬过身患癌症的经历。get through意为“度过，熬过”，符合语境。learn from意为“向……学习”;go over意为“复习”;refer to意为“参考，查阅”，均与语境不符。故选C。
3.A.mood B.position
C.state D.way
[答案]A根据上文中的“I lost my drive to write”和本句中的“too tired”可知，“我”太累了，失去了写作的兴致。in the mood为固定短语，意为“兴致勃勃”，符合语境。position意为“位置”;state意为“状态”;way意为“方式”，均与语境不符。故选A。
4.A.came out B.worked out
C.proved out D.turned out
[答案]D根据下文中的“he was an eightyyearold writer”可知，“我”跟这位病友不经意的交谈，结果发现他是一个八十岁的作家。turn out意为“结果是”，符合语境。come out意为“出现，出版”;work out意为“锻炼，解决”;prove out意为“证明合适”，均与语境不符。故选D。
5.A.showed up B.set off
C.fell down D.passed away
[答案]D根据空格前后的“unfortunately”和“last year due to his cancer”可知，此处指他去年去世了。pass away意为“去世”，符合语境。show up意为“出现”;set off意为“出发”;fall down意为“失败，跌倒”， 均与语境不符。故选D。
6.A.guidance B.trust
C.opportunity D.inspiration
[答案]D联系后面的“pick up my pen again”和“If he can do it, then so can I.”可知这位病友给了作者鼓舞(inspiration)。guidance意为“指导”;trust意为“信任”;opportunity意为“机会”。
7.A.promised B.swore
C.thought D.replied
[答案]C根据文章最后一句“If he can do it，then so can I.”可知，此处指“我”自思自忖。think to oneself为固定短语，意为“自思自忖，暗自想”。promise意为“允诺;许诺”;swear意为“发誓”;reply意为“回答”，均与语境不符。故选C。
三、[2015·福建高考]One of the easiest things in the world is to become a faultfinder. However, life can be __1__ when you are not busy finding fault with it.
Several years ago I __2__ a letter from seventeenyearold Kerry, who described herself as a worldclass faultfinder, almost always __3__ by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and __4__ was ever good enough. She was highly selfcritical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really __5__ person.
Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her __6__.
1.A.lonely B.great
C.quiet D.uneasy
[答案]B句意：但是，当你不总是挑剔的话，生活可以很美好。lonely意为“孤独的”;great意为“极好的”;quiet意为“安静的”;uneasy意为“心神不安的”。故答案选B。
2.A.received B.answered
C.expected D.rejected
[答案]A句意：几年前，我收到了一封来自17岁的Kerry的信，在信中她将自己描述成了一个世界一流的吹毛求疵的人，几乎总是因为各种事情而烦恼。receive意为“收到”;answer意为“回答”;expect意为“期望”;reject意为“拒绝”。根据语境可知，作者是收到了一封信。故答案选A。
3.A.threatened B.interrupted
C.bothered D.spoiled
[答案]Cthreaten意为“威胁”;interrupt意为“打断”;bother意为“使……恼怒，烦恼”;spoil意为“宠坏”。根据下文“People were always doing things that annoyed her”及常识可推知，爱吹毛求疵的人容易烦恼。故答案选C。
4.A.anything B.everything
C.something D.nothing
[答案]D句意：人们总是做些让她恼怒的事情，她觉得一切事情都不够好。anything意为“任何事情”;everything意为“一切事情”;something意为“某件事情”;nothing意为“没有事情”。上文提到Kerry觉得人们总是做些让她生气的事情。由此可推知，此处指没有事情足够好，表示否定意义。故答案选D。
5.A.caring B.boring
C.interesting D.surprising
[答案]B句意：她变成了一个真正令他人厌烦的人。caring意为“有同情心的，感到关心的”;boring意为“令人厌烦的”;interesting意为“有趣的”;surprising意为“令人惊讶的”。根据语境并结合常识可知，经常挑别人毛病的人会让人感到厌烦。故答案选B。
6.A.attitude B.plan
C.measure D.explanation
[答案]A句意：不幸的是，一场可怕的事故才改变了她的态度。attitude意为“态度”;plan意为“计划”;measure意为“措施”;explanation意为“解释”。根据本段最后两句可知，Kerry改变了自己的处世态度。故答案选A。
技能演练
1.But how could I help her ________ in with us? There had to be a way.
A.come B.fall
C.fit D.tie
答案：Cfit in with是固定搭配，“融入、适合”的意思，符合语境，因此选C。
2.In my memory, my father could fix any problem. He was the one I always ________ for strength and security.
A.turned to B.lived with
C.argued with D.objected to
答案：A因为爸爸能解决任何问题，因此总是向爸爸寻求力量和庇护，turn to “求助于，求教于”符合语境。
3.Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the ________ of not being next to me. I told her that there wasn't anything I could do.
A.thought B.end
C.feeling D.sense
答案：Aat the thought of“一想到……”。
4.The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. ________ being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
A.Out of B.Regardless of
C.Thanks to D.As to
答案：Bregardless of“尽管，不管，不顾”，尽管受伤很严重，那位老妇人还是抬起头……。
5.________ I could tell, for the Beaches there was no difference between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
A.As long as B.As far as
C.As soon as D.As much as
答案：Bas far as I could tell“据我判断”。
6.My stepmother had ________ us both out of the house.
A.struck B.removed
C.kicked D.knocked
答案：Ckick sb. out of sp.“从……把……踢出去”; remove... from...“从……把……移除”。联系语境可知C项正确。
7.Back in the eighties, when all my schoolmates were receiving phone messages on their pagers (寻呼机)，I was still getting postit notes (便利贴) from Mom saying that “Billy __(1)__”. This system of written notes seemed to __(2)__， so I never considered updating.
(1)A.left B.called
C.sang D.guessed
答案：BBilly“打电话”了。
(2)A.stop B.continue
C.work D.appear
答案：C从来没想过更新成新产品，因为原来的便利贴“奏效”。
8.The boat was hit violently. Dad was always at his best in any danger, but at this moment he ________.
A.suffered B.fell
C.froze D.withdrew
答案：C父亲“惊呆，吓呆”了。
9.Suddenly the Scout (童子军) leader stood up and said, “Ma'am, I think we can help you.” He then __(1)__ five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was __(2)__ for the family.
(1)A.wasted B.left
C.paid D.spent
答案：Dspend time doing...“花时间做某事”。
(2)A.convenient B.available
C.probable D.comfortable
答案：Bavailable“可得到的，可使用的。”
10.This scene moves all of the worldwide football fans and tells about the true ________ of football, inheritance and happiness.
A.meaning B.message
C.feature D.explanation
答案：A足球真正的“含义”(meaning)——传承和快乐。
11.She sat at the end of the drivethru holding a ________ that read, “Have a great day.”
A.mark B.sign
C.symbol D.flag
答案：Bsign“标志牌”。
12.Peter nodded happily and his face ________ with a smile.
A.turned up B.rose up
C.put up D.lit up
答案：D句意：他的脸上绽放了笑容。light up“变得喜悦;(脸上)焕发光彩”。
典例剖析1.[2015·课标全国卷]When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there.
[答案]think→thought考查时态。由was, hoped和would be可知，此处叙述的是过去的事情，故用一般过去时。
2.[2015·课标全国卷]We must find ways to protect your environment.If we fail to do so, we'll live to regret it.
[答案]your→our或the考查代词。根据上下句语境，我们应该保护我们的环境，故改为our, 也可用定冠词the来限定。
3.[2015·浙江高考]In the mornings, it was full of students exercising. The view from the back of the classroom is also splendid. Close to the school there was a beautiful park with many trees around it.
[答案]is→was考查时态。全文用的都是过去时，所以把is改为was。
4.In fact, I don't like to go anymore, so I'm afraid I'll lose their friendship. How do you think I should do? Ifyou are me, would you talk to him?
[答案]him→them考查代词。根据上下文及their一词可知，此处代词指代错误，故将him改为them。
5.On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, cause about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.
[答案]cause→causing考查非谓语动词。causing作结果状语，表“自然而然的结果”用现在分词。
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(一)
A man has been waiting at the bus stop. After a few minutes later, the bus arrived and did not stop. The man thought it would stop a little far, so he started running after the bus. Fortunately, the bus never stopped. The man kept follow the bus until he arrived home. The man was very glad that he could save bit of money. He happily told his wife, “Honey, today I ran after the buses until getting home. I didn't have to pay the fee.” Surprisingly, the wife blamed her, “You fool! Do you know how many you could save if you ran after a taxi?”
答案：
A man been waiting at the bus stop. After a few minutes, the bus arrived did not stop. The man thought it would stop a little ， so he started running after the bus. ， the bus never stopped. The man kept the bus until he arrived home. The man was very glad that he could save bit of money. He happily told his wife, “Honey, today I ran after the until getting home. I didn't have to pay the fee.” Surprisingly, the wife blamed ， “You fool! Do you know how you could save if you ran after a taxi?”
(二)
Last week my parents and I took a twodays trip to Emei Mountain in Sichuan. As everyone knows, it's famous mountain with all kinds of plants and animals. The weather was fine. It was about noon that we arrived at the foot of the mountain. The three of them were very excited. As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, visiting temples and told stories. On the way up I was busy taking picture since the scenery was so beautifully. The time passes quickly. Evening came. We spent the night in a hotel at the top of the mountain. The food was expensive and the service was good. I was so tired that I fell asleep at the moment my head touched the pillow.
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