1998年1月大学英语四级考试听力的附试题和答案_大学英语听力

1998年1月大学英语四级考试听力的附试题和答案

　　C) the rapid development of American industry

　　D) the Americans worry about the danger of sleepiness

　　25. The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is __________.

　　A) preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift

　　B) good practice to eat something light before we go to bed

　　C) essential to make up for cost sleep

　　D) natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it

　　Passage Four

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

　　Violin prodigies(神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers if the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the worlds 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 parents 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 excellence in a certain field to nurture(培育)talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline 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 music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.