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Imagine this. You write music, but you can't hear it. It would seem ________ for most people, but not for one of the greatest composers in history. This deaf man's name was Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Beethoven was born in Germany on December 16, 1770. At the age of four, he started to learn piano and violin. He had such amazing musical ________ that he began performing in front of people when he was just nine years old. He ________ his idol（偶像）, Mozart, when he was just a boy. This encouraged him to become a great piano player and a writer of music.
He was known ________ a composer around his country. ________ his life changed when he was 26 years old. He began to ________ his hearing during playing. He heard the loud ringing in his ears but he couldn't hear the music.
He went to see many ________ and tied many treatments, but nothing worked well. As he lost more and more of his hearing, he began to use "talking books". This man ________ could not hear, wrote hundreds of pieces of music during his lifetime. Most people think that the Ninth Symphony is one of the ______compositions of his works. Unfortunately, he ________ alone on March 26, 1827.His music will live on forever.
1.A.impatient B.impolite C.impossible D.important
2.A.present B.talent C.beauty D.treasure
3.A.met B.spoke to C.asked D.invited
4.A.of B.as C.for D.with
5.A.So B.Since C.Although D.However
6.A.get B.lose C.give D.achieve
7.A.friends B.helpers C.doctors D.relatives
8.A.who B.whom C.whose D.which
9.A.least B.worst C.most D.best
10.A.passed by B.passed along C.passed away D.passed around
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Can you imagine trying to write music if you were deaf? Most of us couldn’t dream of it. But for the great composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, this was no problem at __1.___.
Beethoven did not begin life deaf. He was __2.___ on Dec. 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He lived a (an) __3.__ life, and faced much sadness. One of his piano pieces, Fur Elise ( 《致爱丽丝》)，was __4.___ for a sad love story.
At the age of 26, Beethoven began to lose his hearing. Yet he was able to go on writing music __5.___ hearing vibration (振动). There is a story that after the performance of his famous Ninth Symphony, people cheered and clapped. Beethoven could not ___6.___ them clapping, and when he turned around and realized, he __7.__ to cry.
Before Beethoven, most music was very controlled (克制的). He changed all this ___8.___ created a powerful, violent sound. At ___9.___, many people hated his music, saying it was too emotional. But today, __10.__ name is a symbol for passion (热情) and genius (天才).
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—Sorry, we can't hear you clearly. Could you please ________ your email address?
—I'll write it down.
A. review B. repeat C. pronounce
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—Sorry, we can't hear you clearly. Will you please ________ your email address?
—I'll write it down.
A. review B. recite C. report D. repeat
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—Sorry，we can't hear you clearly.Could you please ________ your email address?
—I'll write it down.
A. review B. repeat C. pronounce D. connect
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You will never imagine sending a message can be disastrous. But in fact it is dangerous to write message on your phone while walking. A study shows that it is more dangerous than doing that over driving. Researchers found that there are more people hurt for walking than driving. The survey shows that walking is not as easy as it is. It is a little difficult. We have to pay close attention to many things around as at the same time to walk safely in a straight line. The researchers said that people forget how to walk properly, so dangerous things always happen to them. They run into walls and other people. They walk into cars, fall over things in the street, and even fall into holes or downstairs. A researcher said walking is a difficult action. There two reasons why sending messages make walking dangerous. One is that people cannot see the street. The other is that their attention is always focused on their phones instead of their feet. Their minds are somewhere else instead of thinking about walking safely. It is said that more than 3,000 people visited the hospital last year because of sending messages with a phone. He said the worst cases are head hurting. When a walker fell into the air, he or she has nothing to protect the hand. The damage can be serious. So we’d better stay away from smart phones when driving.
1.What does the writer think of sending messages on the phones?
A.dangerous B.serious C.interesting D.easy
2.What are the reasons why sending messages makes walking dangerous.
A.One is people cannot see the street.
B.The other is their attention is focused on their phones.
C.A and B
D.I don’t know
3.What does the underlined word disastrous mean?
A.灾难性的 B.危险的 C.敏感的 D.有隐患的
4.How many dangerous things are mentioned in the text?
A.5 B.6 C.7 D.8
5.What is the best title for the text?
A.Are you sending messages when walking? B.It’s time to stay away from smart phones.
C.Watch your phone. D.Smart phones change the world.
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— You can’t imagine ________ great fun playing computer games is.
— Really? But it may cause you a lot of trouble.
| A．what a | B．how | C．what | D．how a |
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–You can’t imagine _______ great fun chatting online is.
– Really? But it may cause you a lot of trouble.
A. what B. how C. why D. whether
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— You can’t imagine ________ great fun chatting online is.
— Really? But it may cause you a lot of trouble.
A. what B. how C. why D. whether
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Can you imagine a five-year-old boy writing and playing music on a child-sized violin? This was true of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a gifted boy who grew up to be one of the most creative composers (作曲家) of all time. Then you might think that the life of this child was easy all the time. Read on. Decide for yourself.
Mozart was born in January of 1756 into a musical family. His father, Leopold Mozart, recognized the talent of his child and devoted himself to teaching him. Later, Mozart toured Europe, putting on concerts for the people of high social positions. He could listen to any piece of music once and then play it from memory. He could play the piano or the violin with his eyes covered. What's more, music that Mozart wrote at the age of five was as good as works by many adult composers.
Mozart earned a living by selling his compositions, giving concerts and providing music lessons for the wealthy. Some of the operas Mozart wrote, such as The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, are still performed today. He composed 41 symphonies(交响乐). However, none of them earned him much money, and he spent far more than he was able to earn. Mozart often waited until the last moment to work on pieces that had been asked for.
By the spring of 1791, Mozart was ill and sad. He was deeply in debt(债务). His health, which had never been good, was becoming even worse. A stranger asked Mozart to write a musical piece for a funeral( 葬 礼 ). Mozart agreed, but then began to fear that it was being written for his own death. His fears turned out to be true. Mozart died in December of 1791, at the age of 35.
1.What is the purpose of the writer by saying "Read on. Decide for yourself "in paragraph1?
A.To increase your reading interest.
B.To tell you it is your business to read it or not
C.To introduce that the child always led an easy life
2.Which of the following can't show that Mozart was a born musician?
A.He could play any music wonderfully
B.He could write good works at an early age.
C.He held concerts for the people of high social positions
3.We can infer from the paragraph 3 that________.
A.Mozart could support himself by working so hard
B.Mozart led a poor life although he wrote many pieces
C.Mozart's compositions sold well and he made a lot of money
4.According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?
A.Mozart was still poor before his death
B.Mozart's fame gave him a hard life and he felt unhappy
C.Mozart was in poor health so he wanted to wrote a piece for his own funeral
5.What's the passage about?
A.Mozart's lifetime B.Mozart's talent C.Mozart's works