Question

音乐天才——贝多芬

Imagine a life without hearing. It would seem _____ for most people, but not for one of the greatest composers (作曲家) in history.

He was born in a small city in Europe in 1770. He was talented and began performing _____ front of people when he was just nine years old. His idol, Mozart, _____ him to become a great musician.

He became a composer and was very _____ and rich. But then, his life changed. When he was about 26 years old, he began to _____ his hearing. The ringing in his ears was so loud that he could not hear the music.

He went to many _____ and tried many treatments, but nothing worked. As he lost more and more of his ability to hear, he began to use "talking books". His friends wrote what they wanted to _____, and he replied using a pen and paper.

This man, who could not hear, wrote hundreds of pieces of _____ during his lifetime. Many people feel that his best composition was his Ninth Symphony.

The night it was first played for an audience, he conducted the orchestra. _____ the music stopped, one of the musicians had to turn him around to see the audience clapping and cheering, for he did not hear them. The audience had heard one of the greatest pieces of music in history. But he cried, for he had heard _____.

Isn't it amazing that a person can create such beautiful music and not hear it? The deaf man's name was Beethoven, and his spirits will be passed down along with his works.

1.A.difficult B.important C.possible D.normal

2.A.at B.in C.to D.for

3.A.defeated B.discouraged C.inspired D.pushed

4.A.terrible B.ordinary C.average D.famous

5.A.lose B.get C.achieve D.admit

6.A.friends B.parents C.doctors D.helpers

7.A.tell B.say C.hide D.stay

8.A.picture B.art C.paper D.music

9.A.When B.If C.Though D.Until

10.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

【解析】

主旨大意：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了贝多芬的经历，他早年就对音乐很有天赋而且也很出名，但是命运却让他失去了听力，对一些人而言失去听力意味着音乐事业的终止，但是贝多芬却创造出很多作品。