Beethoven, the great musician, wrote nine symphonies in his life, most of them ______ afte
A.written
B.were written
C.had been written
D.having written
A.written
B.were written
C.had been written
D.having written
______ is known to the world, Beethoven is a great musician.
A.That
B.Which
C.As
D.It
In his lifetime, he enjoyed a reputation ______.
A.as great as, if not greater than, Beethoven
B.great, if not as greater as Beethoven
C.as great as Beethoven, if not greater
D.as great, if not greater, as Beethoven
Beethoven wrote about 300 (12) of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But it is even worse for a musician than for (13) else. Think of not being able to hear the music you have written!
As a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father drank (14) .When the boy was only four,his father decided to make a musician (15) him. Hour after hour he had to practice (16) the violin. He learned so fast that he was able to make a concert tour when he was eleven. When he was seventeen,the great Mozart praised him. After he studied with Haydn. Beethoven was writing a great deal of music (17) .
Beethoven had an ugly face and a bad temper. He was often invited (18) the homes of wealthy people. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him become deaf when he was (19) thirty-one.
Beethoven wrote long pieces and short ones,gentle ones and (20) ones.
A. hear
B. listen
C. listen to
D. hear of
A.Unlike Beethoven, however, even the greatest of modem composers, such as Stravinsky, did not transcend existing musical forms
B.In similar fashion, existing musical forms were even further exploited by the next generation of great European composers
C.Thus, many of the great composers displayed the same combination of talents exhibited by Monteverdi
D.By contrast, the view that creativity in the arts exploits but does not transcend limits is
听力原文: Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770. Beethoven's first lessons for piano and violin were from his father. He also studied with Haydon. In 1792 Beethoven came to Vienna, where he decided to stay and try to make a career for himself. In summer months he liked to spend as much time as possible away from the bustle of Vienna. He enjoyed his stays in villages around the city. He liked the peaceful and simple life of the countryside. It was there that he composed both the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies.
Beethoven sympathized with republican ideas. He took great interest in the French Revolution and the birth of the French Republic. He admired its leader, Napoleon, and intended to dedicate his Third or Eroica Symphony to him. However when he was told that Napoleon had crowned himself emperor, the composer was disgusted and changed his mind.
As 1809 drew to its close, Beethoven produced several major works. In May 1809 Haydon died. There was no one to challenge Beethoven to be the musical king of Vienna. At the end of 1813, the Seventh Symphony was performed for the first time.
Beethoven's last years were marked by illness on the one hand and monumental masterpieces on the other. His deafness made it impossible to conduct his works or even perform. any more. Between 1819 and 1823 he composed his Ninth Symphony and some more piano sonatas. Those, together with the late string quartets, were the last works from this great man.
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A.In Bonn.
B.In Vienna.
C.In France..
D.In Haarlem.
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven, a major composer of the nineteenth century, overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness.
Born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770, he first studied music with the court organist, Gilles van der Eeden. His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking. 46_______ Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782, Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, to study music under Haydn.
Beethoven remained unmarried. 47_______ Continually plagued by ill health, he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819.
48_______ He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth: three piano sonatas, four string quartets, the Missa Solemnis, and the 9th Symphony. He died in 1827. 49_______ Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage, Goethe once said of him, "I am astonished by his talent, but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality." 50_______
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A.In spite of this handicap, however, he continued to write music.
B.Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons, he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life.
C.His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence.
D.When his mother died, Beethoven, then a young man, was named guardian of his two younger brothers.
E.Although Beethoven"s personality may have been untamed, his music shows great discipline and control, and this is how we remember him best.
F.Today his music is still being played all over the world.
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