Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, wa...

Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.

In his childhood Beethoven didn’t have a happy life．His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practise hour after hour on different musical instruments(乐器). If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only thirty-one. It was a blow(打击)to him indeed.

But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people’s surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died. But his name is still remembered to this day.

1.Beethoven was a ______ musician.

A．America　　　　　　　　　　　 B．French

C．German　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．British

2.What happened when he was thirty-one? ___________.

A．He was blind　　　　　　　　 B．He was deaf

C．He gave concerts　　　　　　 D．He won high praise

3.Why didn’t Beethoven have a happy life in his childhood? ___________.

A．Because his family was poor

B．Because he had to practise a lot of musical instruments

C．Because his father was strict with him

D．Both B and C

4.The great musician lived in the world for only ______ years.

A．43　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．70　　　　　　　　 C．57　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．60

5.When were some of his best pieces written? ____________.

A．At the age of 11

B．At the age of 17

C．Before he was deaf

D．After he became deaf

6.What did Beethoven do after he lost his hearing? ____________.

A．He never gave in

B．He stopped writing music pieces

C．He lost his heart

D．He went to see a doctor

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Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770.

In his childhood Beethoven didn’t have a happy life．His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practise hour after hour on different musical instruments(乐器). If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only thirty-one. It was a blow(打击)to him indeed.

But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people’s surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died. But his name is still remembered to this day.

1.Beethoven was a ______ musician.

A．America　　　　　　　　　　　 B．French

C．German　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．British

2.What happened when he was thirty-one? ___________.

A．He was blind　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B．He was deaf

C．He gave concerts　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．He won high praise

3.Why didn’t Beethoven have a happy life in his childhood? ___________.

A．Because his family was poor

B．Because he had to practise a lot of musical instruments

C．Because his father was strict with him

D．Both B and C

4.The great musician lived in the world for only ______ years.

A．43　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．70　　　　　　　　 C．57　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．60

5.When were some of his best pieces written? ____________.

A．At the age of 11　　　　　　　　 B．At the age of 17

C．Before he was deaf　　　　　　 D．After he became deaf

6.What did Beethoven do after he lost his hearing? ____________.

A．He never gave in　　　　　　　 B．He stopped writing music pieces

C．He lost his heart　　　　　　 D．He went to see a doctor

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Ludwig van Beethoven,one of the world's greatest musicians,was born into a musical family in Germany.As a child he spent many lonely hours1.(practise) his music every day.In his late teens he went to Vienna for further study.There he became well2.(know) by people.

One evening as he was out walking,he passed an old house3.he heard someone inside playing one of his compositions.As he stopped4.(listen),he overheard a girl say that she5.(wish) she could hear a real musician play it properly.

Beethoven went6.the house and,noticing the young lady at the piano was blind,offered to play the piece for her.He did so for her for more than an hour7.while he did,darkness fell and the lone candle in the room had gone out.

Outside in the night sky the8.shone brightly and sent its light into the room where Beethoven sat9.(play) beautiful music.He was so inspired by the appreciation of his music by the young lady and the beauty of the atmosphere in the room10.he composed his famous "Moonlight Sonata."

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He is one of the world-famous musicians. By the time he was six, he ______ composing.

A. had begun     B. begins    C. would begin    D. was beginning

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A few days ago some of the world’s most famous musicians gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first International Jazz Day. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day 1. (raise) awareness (认识) of jazz music and its importance across 2. (culture).

3. (actual) in America the jazz audience continues to decrease and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic 4. (advise) for jazz, Moran hopes to help more people appreciate jazz and preserve its history and culture.

Moran says one of the problems 5. jazz today is that the music can’t entertain people. In his opinion, the music can’t 6. (present) today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not 7. same.

Last year, Moran 8. (arrange) Fats Waller’s music, 9. was generally considered to be concert music, for a dance party. What he wants is that people understand how we humans talk about 10. (we) through music and how music gets us into a dialog about our emotions and our thoughts.

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Mozart was a famous composer _____ with Beethoven, both of whom made great achievements in the field of music.

A. familiar　　 B. popular

C. contemporary　　 D. concerned

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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinions.

Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.

By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He liked helping children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said that many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.

In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.

The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.

1.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children.

B. What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about?

C. Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books.

D. Why are Dr Seuss’ books different?

2.What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children?

A. It was Dr Seuss’ worst book.

B. It dealt with a very serious subject.

C. Neither children nor adults like it.

D. Many publishers didn’t accept his book at first.

3.How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?

A. By asking others to help them in magazines.

B. By writing interesting and simple books.

C. By changing his old books into simpler ones.

D. By giving them books for free.

4.Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________

A. interesting        B. serious       C. difficult       D. boring

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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinion.

Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.

By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.

In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.

The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.

1.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children.

B. What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about?

C. Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books.

D. Why are Dr Seuss’ books different?

2.How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?

A. By asking others to help them in magazines.

B. By writing interesting and simple books.

C. By changing his old books into simpler ones.

D. By giving them books for free.

3.Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________

A. interesting　　 B. serious

C. difficult　　 D. boring

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Mark Twain was a great writer. He was born in 1835 in the USA. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to his talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day, Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he'd better not go there. Mark Twain waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don't think they will come to visit me. "

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest,  quite a few mosquitoes flew around him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. "I'm very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town," one of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, "The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn't come into the wrong room. " What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.Why did many people like to listen to Mark Twain's talk?

A.Because he was a great writer.

B.Because he liked to anyone.

C.Because of his sense of humour.

D.Because he wrote good novels.

2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

A.they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B.their hotel was too small

C.the room was not very clean

D.there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room

3.All the people present laughed heartily because ____.

A.the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn't come into the wrong room

B.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room number

C.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D.Mark Twain made a joke.

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Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

　One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.Many people liked Mark Twain because________.

2.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

3.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

4.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

5.From the story we know _____.

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