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.”
A．conditions B．opinions C．advantages D．recommendations
A．enjoying B．choosing C．taking D．giving
A．sight B．hearing C．touch D．taste
A．evidence B．result C．excuse D．cause
A．job B．opinion C．promise D．goal
A．tell B．see C．hear D．smell
A．feeling B．effort C．sense D．idea
A．done B．accepted C．advised D．refused
A．study B．offer C．graduate D．educate
A．As B．Although C．Because D．Since
“Never give up!” It is my law of my life. It has brought me ____. I learned the law from my father’s ____ story.
My father was ___ in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to a school in the morning, then ____ in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework ____ midnight. Life was hard, because they had no ____!
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States. It was the land of gold, the land where ___ people can become rich.
“____ don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.
So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to ___ money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire me because I spoke _____ English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, _____ dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was ____ for the first few years. I worked from 10am to 11pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t ___ the schooling.”
My father __ working hard, and reached his goal!
“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come____ in life.” That is what I learned from my father.
A．disaster B．loss C．success D．pity
A．life B．fashion C．danger D．history
A．famous B．lucky C．rich D．born
A．taught B．worked C．studied D．slept
A．until B．toward C．for D．during
A．experience B．energy C．time D．money
A．kind B．poor C．strong D．lazy
A．What B．How C．Why D．When
A．discover B．make C．collect D．spend
A．little B．good C．much D．excellent
A．giving B．running C．washing D．receiving
A．comfortable B．cheerful C．nice D．hard
A．borrow B．need C．afford D．pay
A．kept B．finished C．minded D．stopped
A．really B．easily C．quietly D．slowly
Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half our energy from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material(材料). The soap you your hands with might also be made from oil. Children’s plastic toys are made from oil.
Oil is to find, because it is deep under the earth. Today, however, we have many to find oil. One tool measures(测量) the pull of gravity(重力). Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. tool measures sound waves. Sound waves travel different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use to find the rocks that have oil in them.
We need oil, and we are using up the oil wells(井) we know about. we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”. Can you do anything for it?
A．goes B．comes C．leaves D．stays
A．design B．protect C．heat D．hot
A．wash B．put C．dry D．touch
A．easy B．important C．interesting D．hard
A．ways B．roads C．streets D．bridges
A．Any other B．Other C．Another D．The other
A．to B．from C．at D．through
A．them B．it C．one D．that
A．little B．a lot of C．many D．a few
A．Or B．But C．So D．Also
The pollution in our country is very serious, which is harmful to our health. If we don’t take
to protect the environment, the earth will be destroyed. The earth is our home. No earth, no people! So we should think of some good to solve the environmental problems.
is one of the problems. But some rubbish can be . So we should the rubbish according to the materials instead of throwing them here and there. We should also the waste. For example, we can use sides of the paper or we can bring a basket when going to the supermarket. Waste water shouldn’t be into rivers and lakes directly(直接地). Dirty water may some diseases(疾病).
In a word, is supposed to take an action at once. It is our duty to protect the environment and make our world more and more beautiful.A. hair B. measures C. sky
A. purpose B. results C. ways
A. Rubbish B. Air C. Water
A. stored B. recycled C. wasted
A. sell B. rise C. sort
A. reduce B. make C. stop
A. both B. neither C. none
A. poured B. discovered C. rained
A. shut B. cause C. prevent
A. no one B. someone C. everyone
When Alesia Reuis was nine years old, she had an accident that left her unable to walk for years. Now Alesia is telling the story of the first day she again.
I remember the very first time I walked by myself. My sister Alexis was in high school then. She was on the basketball team, and she was going to take me to her practice. She went to drive the car to the front door for me while I was sitting in my room, but we were going to be late, so I said to myself, “Let me help her out a little.” I I would try to walk to the door.
else was at home, so I had to do it by myself. I was a little afraid, but I wanted to do it, so I pushed up off the arms of my wheelchair and . There wasn't going to be anything for me to hold on to 。 if I leaned over(倾身) to catch the table, I would fall. So I put my mind on walking and nothing else, and I just took a step, and another one, and then about three more, and I was at the door of my . I stood the wall and started smiling. I was so I'd made it that far. I to the sky and said, “Thank you.”
I stayed there for a minute. I was hoping I wouldn't have anything wrong with my , so I practiced it a little bit, and then I started across the living room. I looked straight ahead, and I made it to the next wall, and I said “ ” again. Then I had to walk just more steps to get to the door — and I did it! I said, "I made it, I made it, thank you!" I looked out to see where Alexis was. She was driving to the house. She was so surprised that I was standing there waving at her. She laughed and gave me a great big hug.
That’s to say: impossible is nothing.
A．stood B．walked C．played D．run
A．thought B．knew C．suggested D．hoped
A．very B．first C．back D．front
A．Nobody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Everybody
A．sat down B．stood up C．looked up D．turned around
A．however B．but C．because D．so
A．wheelchair B．car C．room D．house
A．against B．on C．near D．beside
A．surprised B．nervous C．happy D．afraid
A．look at B．look down C．look for D．looked up
A．hand B．arm C．foot D．knee
A．move B．moving C．to move D．movement
A．Thank you. B．I can do it. C．I did it. D．I am sorry.
A．a little B．little C．a few D．few
A．happily B．quickly C．suddenly D．luckily
Cinderella has to do all the housework. She makes the beds. She watches the clothes. She cleans the room. She ＿＿ the meals. She goes shopping_____the family.
One day, the family goes to a ＿＿ at the prince’s palace （皇宫）. Cinderella is ＿＿. She says, “I want to go and dance, too! ”
Then, a fairy(仙女) comes and says, “I can help you. ” She gives Cinderella a party dress and a pair of glass ＿＿. Then she says, “Come home early. You must get home before 12:00___”
Cinderella goes to the party and ＿＿ with the prince. She forgets about the＿＿. Then she sees a clock. It is almost midnight. Cinderella ＿＿ home and she gets home right at 12:00, ______she loses one of her glass shoes on the way.
A．eats B．makes C．buys D．gives
A．with B．up C．in D．for
A．party B．movie C．picnic D．trip
A．relaxing B．busy C．happy D．boring
A．shoes B．hats C．pants D．gloves
A．in the moring B．in the afternoon C．in the evening D．at night
A． sings B．dances C．plays D．talks
A．clothes B．housework C．music D．time
A．goes B．walks C．takes D．runs
A．but B．and C．so D．Because
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