But Evelyn was not going to give up. She was determined to lead a normal life and pursue her interest in music. One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to play it too. Most of the teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her potential. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes.
“Don’t listen through your ears,” he would say, “try to sense it some other way.” Says Evelyn, “Suddenly I realised I could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from the waist down.” Forbes repeated the exercise and soon Evelyn discovered that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. “I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and vibrations.” The rest was sheer determination and hard work.
1. The phrase ‘to give up’ means ……………….
A. to offer.
B. to leave.
C. to surrender.
D. to accept.
2. ‘Spotted her potential’ means ……………….
A. knew her ability.
B. disqualified her.
C. selected her.
D. appreciated her.
3. From Ron Forbes, Evelyn learnt to …
A. play drums.
B. play xylophone.
C. sense musical notes.
D. know the difference between the music of higher drum and lower drum.
4. What, according to Evelyn, could she achieve through determination and hard work?
A. Playing on different musical instruments.
B. Singing along with music.
C. Learning from different musicians.
D. None of these three
