| 考博易错题（2018/12/24） |
| 第1题： 4 Violin prodigies, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia andEasternEurope. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. "It is very clear," he told me. "They were all Jews (犹 太人) and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the worlD、They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage. "As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West. Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values ex cellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the FarEast. "In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger disci pline than ours. " says Isaac Stem, children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including musiC、When Western music came to Japan after World War Ⅱ , that mu sic not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Kore ans andChinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese. That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work harD、Next to hard work, bio logical inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S.Bach, for exam ple, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in musiC、 Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to______.A．all-round development B．the learning of Western music C．strict training of children D．variety in academic studies |
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| 第2题：The author's attitude towardBachofen' s treatise is best described as one of ______.
A．qualified approval B．profound ambiguity C．studied neutrality D．pointed disagreement |
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| 第3题：Signs of deafness had given him great anxiety as early as 1798. For a long time he successfully concealed it from all but his most intimate friends, while he consulted physicians and quacks with eagerness.But neither quackery nor the best skill of his time availed him, and it has been pointed out that the root of the evil lay deeper than could have been supposed during his lifetime.Although his constitution was magnificently strong and his health was preserved by his passion for outdoor life, a post-mortem examination revealed a very complicated state of disorder, evidently dating from childhood (if not inherited) and aggravated by lack of care and good fooD、The touching document addressed to his brothers in 1802, and known as his "will" should be read in its entirety. No verbal quotation short of the whole will do justice to the overpowering outburst which runs in almost one long unpunctuated sentence through the whole tragedy ofBeethoven’s life, as he knew it then and foresaw it. He reproaches men for their injustice in thinking and calling him pugnacious, stubborn, and misanthropical when they do not know that for six years he has suffered from an incurable condition aggravted by incompetent doctors. He dwells upon his delight in human society from which he has had so early to isolate himself, but the thought of which now fills him with dread as it makes him realize his loss, not only in music but in all finer interchange of ideas, and terrifies him lest the cause of his distresses should appear. He declares that, when those near him had heard a flute or a singing shepherd while he heard nothing, he was only prevented from taking his life by the thougth of his art, but it seemed impossible for him to leave the world until he had brought out all that he felt to be in his power. He requests that after his death his present doctor , if surviving, shall be asked to describe his illness and to append it to this document in order that at least then the world may be as far as possible reconciled with him. He leaves his brothers property, such as it is, and in terms not less touching, if more conventional than the rest of the document, he declares that his experience shows that only virtue has preserved his life and his courage through all his misery. During the last twelve years of his life, his nephew was the cause of most of his anxiety and distress. His brother, Kaspar Karl, had often given him trouble—for example, by obtaining and publishing some ofBeethoven’s early indiscretions, such as the trio variations, op. 44, the sonatas, op. 49, and other trifles. In 1815, afterBeethoven had quarreled with his oldest friend, StephanBreuning, for warning him against trusting his brother in money matters, Kaspar died, leaving a widow of whomBeethoven strongly disapproved, and a son, nine years old, for the guardianship of whomBeethoven fought the widow through all the law courts. The boy turned out utterly unworthy of his uncle’s persistent devotion and gave him every cause for anxiety. He failed in all his examinations, including an attempt to learn some trade in all his examinations, including an attempt to learn some trade in the polytechnic school, whereupon he fell into the hands of the police for attempting suicide, and after being expelled from Vienna, joined the army.Beethoven’s utterly simple nature could neither educate nor understand a human being who was not possessed by the wish to do his best. His nature was passionately affectionate, and he had suffered all his life from the want of a natural outlet for it. He had often been deeply in love and made no secret of it.But RobertBrowning had not a more intense dislike of "the artistic temperament" in morals, and thoughBeethoven’s attachments were almost hopelessly above him in rank, there is not one that was not honorable and respected by society as showing the truthfulness and self-control of a great man.Beethoven’s orthodoxy in such matters has provoked |
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| 第4题： What is the significance of Hansen' s study to the passage A．It was the foundation of the research. B．It was the groundwork for the research. C．It was the research that was coded. D．It was the example used for the codin |
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| 第5题： If you don't want to talk to him, I'll speak to him ______. A．on your account B．on your behalf C．for your part D．in your interest |
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