Question

Today, at 28, the young German Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is at the top. “She gives radiance 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 kilometers from the Swiss border. Her father, Karl Wilhelm Mutter, and her mother, Gerlinde, considered music lessons part of a good education. Thus, their son, Andreas, began practicing the violin at eight, and his younger brother, Christoph, 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 says. “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. After only nine months of lessons, she entered the six-year-old in a nationwide competition for young musicians. With Christoph accompanying her on the piano, Anne-Sophie won first prize.

In 1974, Erna, 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 others. This is one of the violinist’s strongest most distinctive characteristics today.

Though the Mutters were short of money at time, they limited their daughter’s performances to one or two a year. “We are glad we went the family road,” says 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.

 

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

       A．the late 1960’s                                     B．her family education

       C．the late 1970’s                                     D．her fifth birthday

57．Anne-Sophie’s concerts are          .

       A．limited to one or two a year

       B．accompanied at the piano by Christoph

       C．highly praised throughout the world

       D．appreciated by professors in London

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

       A．She wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

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

       C．She had two famous violin teachers.

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

59．The virtue 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 on their children

60．Which of the following is right?

       A．Mutter’s family had an effect on her.

       B．Anne-Sophie’s concerts are limited to one or two a year.

       C．Anne-Sophie liked to imitate others.

       D．Anne-Sophie like all the instruments.

Answer 1

ACBBA