Question

    Mozart is one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in 1756. When Mozart was three years old. He learned to play 1. harpsichord, which is a kind of piano. Mozart began to compose his own music at the age of five, and his father took him all over Europe to perform for kings and queens when he was still a child.

Mozart could write down a piece of music 2. if he had only heard it once. One day he went to hear a group of people singing in a big church in Rome. The song was very special. It was 3. only once a year and only in the church. No one else was allowed to have the music. Mozart listened to the song. Although it was very difficult and long, Mozart went back home and wrote down the 4. piece from memory. The head of the church heard about this, 5. of being angry with Mozart, he gave him a prize.

When Mozart grew up, people were not as interested in him 6. before. He worked as a 7. and a pianist, he taught people how to play the harpsichord, but he did not make much money. In 1791, he died at the age of thirty-five. He was so poor that there was not enough money for him to have a proper grave. No one knows 8. he is buried.

Answer

1.the

2.even

3.sung

4.whole

5.instead

6.as

7.teacher

8.where

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述莫扎特的生平事迹以及他听一次就能写下整段音乐的音乐天赋。

1.

句意：他学会弹奏大键琴，大键琴是钢琴的一种。

根据harpsichord可知此处是一种乐器，前面需用定冠词the。故答案为the。

2.

句意：莫扎特能写下一段音乐，即使他只听过一次这段音乐。

此处用连词even if引导让步状语从句，表示“即使”。故答案为even。

3.

句意：这首歌人们只唱了仅仅一年，只允许在教堂唱。

根据“a group of people singing in a big church”可知此处表达这首歌被人们唱，用一般过去时的被动was sung。故答案为sung。

4.

句意：虽然这首歌很难很长，但是莫扎特回到家就凭记忆写出了整首歌。

piece前缺形容词修饰，此处用the whole表示“整个的，全部的”。故答案为whole。

5.

句意：教堂的首领听说此消息，没有对莫扎特生气，而是给他一个奖励。

根据“he gave him a prize”可知此处表示的是否定，用instead of doing表示“而不是”。故答案为instead。

6.

句意：当莫扎特长大之后，人们不再像以前那样对他感兴趣。

此处用“not as…as…”表示“不再像……那样……”，此处用as before。故答案为as。

7.

句意：他做一个老师和钢琴家，他教人们怎样弹奏大键琴，但是他没有赚多少钱。

根据“he taught people how to play the harpsichord”可知他的工作是老师，根据a可知此处用单数名词teacher。故答案为teacher。

8.

句意：没有人知道他被埋在什么地方。

动词knows后面是宾语从句，根据buried可知此处指的是地点，用where。故答案为where。