题目内容：

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she talked about 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 (酷爱) 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(使立足) 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20.A. directed    B. guided    C. taught    D. limited