听力原文: Americans recognize that there is a past on which the present rests. But they ha
The Americans never questions the fact that time should be planned and future events fitted into a schedule. He thinks that people should look forward to the future and not dwell too much on the past. His future is not very far ahead of him. Results must be obtained in the foreseeable future—one or two years or, at the most, five or ten. Promises to meet deadlines and appointments are taken very seriously. There are real penalties for being late and for not keeping commitments in time. The American thinks it is natural to quantify time. To fail to do so is unthinkable. The American specifies how much time is required to do everything. "I'll be there in ten minutes." "It will take six months to finish that job." "I was in the Army for four and a half years."
How far does the Arab look back for his own origins?
A.Twenty thousand years.
B.Two to six thousand years.
C.A thousand years.
D.Hundreds of years.