浙江临安市 2015 高考英语阅读、短文改错练****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 onI decided not to allow the 1 of others to stop me from ing a musician. I grew up ona 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 pletely deaf. But my love for music never 5 me. “ My 6 was to e a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I7 to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 8 the pitch ofa 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 asa musician, not asa 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 positions since 17 had been