【文章內容簡介】 he was sentenced to death 2. The boy has reached the stage ______he is easily made angry by only little case. A. where B .when C. why D. which 3. What do you suggest_______next? A. shall I do B. will I do C. should I do D. I do 4. I failed in the final examination last term and only then________ the importance of studies. A. I realize B. I had realize C had I realize D. did I realize .5. I have lost in Lhe game again. _________,you still have more chances. A. What a pity B. Don 39。 t lose heart C. Don39。 t lose your hehrt D. Sorry to hear that 6. Some students have trouble______grammar while others have difficulty ______new words. A. in, remember B. for, to remember C. on , remembering D. with, remembering 7. For all these years I have been working for others. I39。 m hoping I39。 ll _________my own business some day.(09 安溪檢測 ) A. tum up B. fix up C. set up D. make up 8. Would you like some cakes? Well, I39。 d like to have a have already had my dinner. A. As far as B. As though C. As a result D. As a matter of fact 第 一 節(jié) 完型填空 Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打擊樂器獨奏演員 ) in spite of her disability. “Early on I decided not to allow the 36 of others to stop me from being 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 (酷愛 ) 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 pletely deaf. But my love for music never 40 me. “My 41 was to bee 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 (音調高低 ) by the vibrations (振動 ). 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 to 課后提升 25 分鐘 50 with the academy’s highest honours. “After that, I established myself as the first fulltime solo percussionist. I 51 and arranged a lot of musical positions 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 to the place you want to go.” 36. A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. remendations 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. acpanied 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. 55. A. directed B. guided C. taught D. limited 第二節(jié)： 閱讀理解 : 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、 B、 C 和 D 項中，選出最佳選項。 A When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shootups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught