Question

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What is the speaker’s attitude?

A.No one is born a genius.

B.Too much practice is not useful.

C.Talented people needn’t work hard.

2.When did Mozart begin composing?

A.At the age of three. B.At the age of five. C.At the age of eight.

3.How did Jimi Hendrix learn to play the guitar?

A.His father taught him. B.He learned at schoo1. C.He taught himself.

4.What happened to Einstein after graduation?

A.He couldn’t find a job.

B.He was an immediate success.

C.He gave up his studies for a while.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

【原文】

Nothing in this world can be achieved without effort. Mozart wasn’t born a composer. He practiced the piano from the age of three and began composing by the age of five. His father, who was also his teacher, was very strict with the boy.

Jimi Hendrix used to walk around his house with a guitar and play up to eight hours a day. As a child, Jimi used to listen to his father’s blues records alone with a broom, pretending to play it like a guitar. Neither of them had their gift just given to them at birth. They had to work hard and discover that they had a gift. And they didn’t just make do with what they had after that. They kept at it. Hendrix didn’t even know how to read music, so everything he learned, he learned through listening.

Another example is Albert Einstein, the father of modern physics. He was told that he would never be a success at anything. No one wanted to hire him after he graduated from college. But he believed in himself, and he persevered with his studies on his own.

Now, I’m not trying to say that everyone can be a Mozart or an Einstein if they just put in a lot of time doing something. But, with effort and passion, one can achieve a great deal. Without those things, you’re not going to achieve much. Luck comes to those who prepare for it. If you do something you love, don’t let little bumps along the road stop you.