浙江临安市2015高考英语阅读、短文改错练习（2）
完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled 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 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 gradually lose my 3 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 4 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 5 me.
“My 6 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 7 to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 8 the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my 9 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 10 that I have.
“I was 11 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 12 this before and some teachers 13 my admission. Based on my performance, I was 14 admitted and went to 15 with the academy’s highest honours.
“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 16 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 17 had been written specially for solo percussionists.
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 18 the doctor thought a was totally deaf, it didn’t 19 that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 20 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
【答案与解析】
这是一篇叙事性的文章，作者采用倒叙的手法，讲述了英国著名聋女乐器打击手Evelyn Glennie 克服困难成功的故事，阐明了只要有激情，敢于尝试，就能成功的主题。
1. B. 考点是：名词词义。
综合整个语篇及文章最后一段“I would encourage people not to allow…”的提示，可知作者虽身残而志坚，挑战世俗，大胆尝试，最终获得成功，可知最佳答案为B项。
2. C. 考点是：动词词义。
文中take piano lessons 为动词搭配，表示：上(听)钢琴课之意，故排除其它三个干扰项。
3. B. 考点是：名词词义。
由下文“I was completely deaf ”；“not as a deaf musician”；“ I was totally deaf” 处可知作者年幼失聪(hearing)。
4. D. 考点是：名词词义辨析。
根据文章，医生断言神经受损是作者耳聋的原因所在，而非产生的结果，故排除B项，A项表示：证据，C项表示：借口，均不符合文意。
5. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
从文中可知，作者虽患耳疾，但年纪愈长，对音乐的热情也愈涨，再由but一词的暗示，可敲定left为正确答案。
6. D. 考点是：名词词义辨析。
根据文意，作者的人生目标是要成为一名打击乐器独奏演员，所以D为正确答案，A项表示: 意图，B项表示: 决定，C项表示: 诺言，均不准确。
7. B. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
由文中可知，由于听力丧失，作者无法用耳朵去听音乐，所以只能尝试学会以“另类”的方式去感悟音乐，选项B恰好表示: 学习、习得之意，符合文意。
8. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
由上文可知，作者无法象常人一样去听音乐，就想出只穿着袜子不穿鞋，利用身体的震动来感知音乐，分辨音调高低。其中can与tell连用，正好表达“分辨”、“辨别”之意，为正确答案。
9. C . 考点是：名词词义辨析。
根据文意和句子结构可判断，只有C项imagination (想象力)为正确答案。
10. A. 考点是：名词词义辨析。
根据上文, 作者听力丧失，所以只能协调其它的感官去“听”音乐。故A项为正确答案。
11. C. 考点是：形容词词义辨析
此处表达作者要立志成为音乐家，所以不难选出determine一词，其他三项dissatisfied, astonished, discouraged因感情色彩与文章主旨明显不符，而不能入选。
12. A. 考点是：副词词义辨析。
作者耳患顽疾，且又申请著名的伦敦皇家音乐学院去学习，这在当时是没有哪个聋哑学生能够做到的，故此题选A为宜。
13. D. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
由上下文语境，再加上衔接词and（注意文中没用but,说明此处表示并列，而非转折）可推知，作者的行为自然要受到老师的反对。此处学生易误选support一词而造成语意前后矛盾，以致偏离主题。
14. B. 考点是：副词词义辨析。
从文中可知，作者大胆尝试，抵制压力，克服困难，最终考入皇家音乐学院，所以B项（最终地）为正确答案。
15. C. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
由第四段最后一句可知，应是作者毕业时获得学院最高荣誉奖，其它三项不妥。
16. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
根据文章，作者经过不懈努力，后来成为第一位专职打击音乐独奏演员，再由下句“…had been written specially for solo percussionists.”中write一词的同义复现，可确定上句答案为A项。17. D. 考点是：不定代词词义辨析。
考查代词词义，根据上下文逻辑，在此作者想表达很少有人来专门为打击音乐独奏演员来谱曲，所以出现上文作者挺身而出，竭力为演员们来谱曲，所以此题D项为正确答案。
18. B. 考点是：连词用法。
根据上下文逻辑，可知此处应使用表示转折的关联词，选项A (however)虽然表示转折含义，但不用做连词，不能连接句子，故排除。所以B项为正确答案。
19. A. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
根据文意和句式结构（此句为双重否定句）可知，mean表示：“意味着”，为最佳答案。20. D. 考点是：动词词义辨析。
作者通过自身经历劝导人们不要为别人的思想而束缚自己，故D项(limited表示：限制)为最佳答案。
阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he was in computers, she was in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.
Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."
Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,”says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.
Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
16.What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?
A. His health problem. B .His love for teaching.
C. The influence of his wife. D .The news from the Web.