Question

  Today,at 28,the young German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is at the top. “She gives radiance(光輝)  to the music，” wrote Geoffrey Norris in The Daily Telegraph , London. Mutter is also one of the world’s youngest professors.

Born in Rheinfelden on June 29，1963，Anne-Sophie grew up in Wehr,a small town just five kilometres from the Swiss border. Her father,Karl Wilhelm Mutter,and her mother,Gerlinde,considered music lessons part of a good education. Thus,their first son,Andreas,began practising the violin at eight,and his younger brother,Christopher,had piano lessons. It came as no surprise when Anne-Sophie said she wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

Her parents thought she was too young for the violin,and persuaded her to start on the piano. But Anne-Sophie has always had a mind of her own. “I longed to play the violin，”she said. “It seemed to me a much more interesting instrument. ”After six months，her parents gave in.

The famous violin teacher Erna Honigberger，who lived nearby,became Anne-Sophie’s tutor(家庭教師)   . After only nine months of lessons,she entered the six-year-old in a nationwide competition for young musicians. With Christopher accompanying(伴奏)   her on the piano,Anne-Sophie won the first prize.

In 1974,Erna Honigberger died. Anne-Sophie’s new teacher was Aida Stucki. She taught Anne-Sophie to develop her own ideas on how a piece should be played,not just to imitate(模仿) others. This is one of the violinist’s strongest,most distinctive characteristics today.

Though the Mutters were short of money at times,they limited their daughter’s performances to once or twice a year. “We are glad we went the family road，”said her father. “No outsider can ever have an effect on our daughter’s career or push her into playing more concerts than she wants to. ” Later she was allowed to give six to eight concerts a year and make some recordings. Only when she turned 18 did she begin her professional career.

1. It was         when Anne-Sophie asked for a violin.

   A. surprising

   B.  great

   C.  usual

   D.  possible

2. Anne-Sophie’s career dates back to         .

   A. the late 1960s

   B.  her family education

   C.  the early 1980s

   D.  her fifth birthday

3. Anne-Sophie’s concerts are         .

   A. limited to once or twice a year

   B.  accompanied on the piano by Christopher

   C.  highly praised throughout the world

   D.  appreciated by professors

4. Which sentence shows Anne-Sophie’s strong point as a violinist?

   A. She wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

   B.  She has always had a mind of her own.

   C.  She had two famous violin teachers.

   D.  Violin seemed to her a much more interesting instrument.

5. The virtue(美德)   the Mutters have is that they believe         .

   A. children should learn music

   B.  money is not everything

   C.  Anne-Sophie was too young to give concerts

   D.  parents have a great effect upon their children

Answer 1

1. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后一句話可得出答案。

2. C推理判斷題。由文章的最后一句話和第二段第一句可推出答案。

3. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀第一段可知C項(xiàng)正確。

4. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段中的第二句話可知B 項(xiàng)正確，而第五段的最后一句進(jìn)一步印證了其正確性。

5. D推理判斷題。概括文章最后一段的大意可以判斷D正確。