What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not  1  enough．
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, because whatever it is that we work so hard doing, it seems that there is always someone else who can do it much    2．
I have always enjoyed music and it is    3  to me that every musician has a   4 of their own．My father__5  several instruments and when he played with others, it was not difficult to   6 his sound in a group．Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own  7 sound．
I once read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, “ Nobody else can make the sound that you make.” The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is   8  which is better. It is said that “   9  is in the eye of the beholder.” Perhaps it could be said that “A delightful sound is in the ear of the   10 .”
Every person has a different tone of voice that   11 only to them, and we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of   12  that is unique to them．It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all．It might be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps．
Each person has a（an）   13 on the world in some ways．Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it   14  the same way that you do it．The next time you feel   15 , remember "Nobody else can make the sound that you make．"

三、完形填空。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.
Some people find it difficult to   36   Bjork’s music.  Her sound is an acquired taste, but  37   you get into it, you’re hooked. After the   38   press conference, I was   39   to a room where we did a one-on-one   40   for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.
The   41   at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork   42   the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.
However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.
The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of   43   who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the   44   for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the   45  .
Then suddenly, she ran off to the   46  , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so   47  with the press a few days before.
After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that   48   around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who   49   said, “Welcome to Thailand!”
You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she   50   in that usual swan costume,   51   perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.
She’s   52   a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no   53   .
Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic   54   . It is   55   to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.
36. A. receive                      B. get                           C. hear                         D. accept
37. A. while                         B. after                        C. before                  D. once
38. A. heated                   B. attended                   C. appointed                 D. packed
39. A. led                               B. brought                   C. fetched                     D. carried
40. A. lecture                   B. comment                  C. interview                  D. dialogue
41. A. game                B. party              C. performance        D. play
42. A. held                          B. acquired                   C. seized                  D. focused
43. A. viewers                  B. tourists                     C. reporters                  D. officials
44. A. state                          B. mood                       C. situation                   D. position
45. A. cameras                        B. audience                   C. films                        D. directors
46. A. exit                           B. entrance                   C. edge                        D. side
47. A. communicative       B. conservative             C. cooperative           D. aggressive
48. A. turned                       B. went                        C. came                        D. ran
49. A. already                  B. hardly                  C. simply                        D. seldom
50. A. appeared                    B. accompanied             C. presented           D. joined
51. A. or                         B. and                          C. so                            D. but
52. A. showed               B. collected                  C. produced                  D. took
53. A. exception                   B. excuse                  C. way                         D. comment
54. A. spirit                         B. ability                  C. talent                   D. understanding
55. A. easy                      B. simple           C. difficult            D. funny

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock in London. The name was given in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall, who was in charge of the work when the bell was built in 1856.

The clock has become a landmark of the United Kingdom and London, particularly in the visual media. When a television or film-maker wishes to quickly show a non-UK audience a certain location in Britain, a popular way to do so is to show an image of the Clock Tower.

The Clock Tower is a focus of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV stations turning to its chimes（报时钟声） to welcome the start of the year.

Londoners who live a proper distance from the Clock Tower and Big Ben can, by means of listening to the chimes both live and on the radio or television, hear the bell strike thirteen times on New Year’s Eve. This is possible because the speed of sound is a lot slower than the speed of radio waves.

Big Ben has appeared in many films. In the 1978 version of The Thirty-Nine Steps, the hero attempted to halt the clock’s progress to prevent a linked bomb blowing up by hanging from the minute hand of its western face. It was also used in the filming of Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and was described as being partially destroyed in the film Doctor Who. An animated version（卡通版） of the clock was also used as the setting in the Walt Disney film The Great Mouse Detective, and was shown being destroyed by a UFO in the film Mars Attacks! 

66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The nickname of the clock was given by Benjamin.

B. The clock strikes thirteen times to welcome the New Year.

C. The radio and TV make a mistake about the clock’s chimes.

D. Benjamin was responsible for the work when the bell was built.

67. The second paragraph mainly wants to show us that Big Ben is_______ .

A. a symbol of the UK and London

B. a most popular scene for film-makers

C. a must-see sight for tourists to London

D. a popular place to have pictures taken

68. The underlined word“halt” in Paragraph 5 probably means“_______”.

A. look into something

B. get something to stop

C. make something work again

D. draw people’s attention to something

69. In which of the following movies was the clock destroyed?

A. The Thirty-Nine Steps and Shanghai Knights.

B. Shanghai Knights and Doctor Who.

C. The Great Mouse Detective and Doctor Who.

D. Mars Attacks and Doctor Who.

70. In which section of a newspaper would the passage be found?

A. Entertainment & Sports

B. Business & Economy

C. Sightseeing & Tourism

D. Culture & Arts

Doris' success lies in the fact _________ she is co-operative and eager to learn from others. 

A. which             B. that               C. when               D. Why

Doris' success lies in the fact _________ she is co-operative and eager to learn from others. 

A. which       B. that         C. when        D. Why