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广西上林县2017高考英语完形填空一轮编选 完形填空Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打击乐器)in Scotland.In an interview，she recalled how she became a percussion soloist 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 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 on to __15__with the academy's highest honours.” “After that，I established myself as the first fulltime solo percussionist.I __16__and arranged a lot of musical compositions since __17__had been written specially for solo percussionists.” | 
