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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 deafness.
“Early on I decided not to allow the   1  of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   2  piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to lose my   3 . Doctors told me that the nerve damage(神经损伤) was the  4  and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never left me.”
“My   5  was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can  6  the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my imagination. My sound world exists by making use of almost every   7 that I have.”
“I decided to be a musician even though I was deaf, and applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   8  this before and some teachers disagreed with me. Because of my performance, I finally entered the academy and went on to  9  with the academy’s highest honors a few years later.”
“I’ve been a soloist for more than ten years. 10  the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t mean that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be limited by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

小题1:	A．conditions B．opinions C．advantages D．recommendations

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

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

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

小题5:	A．job B．opinion C．promise D．goal

小题6:	A．tell B．see C．hear D．smell

小题7:	A．feeling B．effort C．sense D．idea

小题8:	A．done B．accepted C．advised D．refused

小题9:	A．study B．offer C．graduate D．educate

小题10:

A．As B．Although C．Because D．Since