题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
北京市顺义区2019-2020学年高一下学期英语期末试卷
Beethoven is one of the greatest composers in the history of music. In his twenties, he lost his hearing. But he didn't give up.1by his struggles with deafness, he produced hundreds of musical works.
At 54 years of age, he lived at a small house in Vienna,2he completed his last work, Symphony No 9. Before the performance, Beethoven nervously imagined how people would 3. The backstage atmosphere at the theatre was tense. During the performance, Michael Umlauf and Beethoven took 4of the concert as directors together. For more than an hour, Beethoven jumped about in front of the orchestra, 5 his arms wildly in the air, and madly turning the pages of his score while Umlauf stood quietly by his side, skillfully guiding the orchestra. As the final joyous note signaled the end of the symphony, the audience 6 to their feet clapping, cheering and waving their hats. The performance was a great 7.
Beethoven was surprised at the audiences response. 8shocked the audience as well was that the person who didn't hear the symphony was the very man who composed it! Beethoven is a real musical genius.
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