题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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    of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began    piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my    . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the    and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never     me.

“My     was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I    to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can     the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my     . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every    that I have.

“I was     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            this before and some teachers     my admission. Based on my performance, I was     admitted and went to    with the academy’s highest honors.

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I       and arranged a lot of musical compositions since     had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years.          the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t    that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be    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