阅读下面的短文，按要求完成各项任务。

   Ludwing van Beethoven is the most famous classical composer of the Western world. People Will remember him for his powerful music and for continuing to compose after he became deaf.

  Ludwing  Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16,1770. It was said that his father was very strict with him. Although he disliked his father's teaching methods, Beethoven still did as he was told by his father. Beethoven began to show his talent in music. At the age of seven he could perform well enough to appear in public. He soon became famous as a young musician.

   In 1798 Beethoven noticed that he began to lose his hearing. But he never gave up composing and playing. He wrote the popular Moonlight Sonata.(月光鸣奏曲）in 1801. By 1819 he was totally deaf. He chose to fight against destiny(命运）. After Beethoven turned deaf, he created some famous symphonies, including the Destiny Symphony.

   Beethoven died in March 1827. Although he died more than 180 years ago, Beethoven is still influencing the music world.

1. 请将右边的两个标题与左边相应的段落连线。（1分）

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Paragraph 2          a. Beethoven went on composing and playing after turning deaf

                   b. When Beethoven was a child, he showed his talent in music.

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2.从文中找出与所给意思相同或相近的句子。（1分）

Beethoven didn't like his father's teaching way, but he did what his father told him.

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3.把文中划线的句子译成汉语。（1分）

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4.回答问题。（1分）

Why do you think Beethoven is still influencing us, though he has been dead for long?

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5.根据短文中的信息，完成表格，每空词数不限。（4分）

Name????????????? Personal information

Ludwig Von Beethoven????????????? Born in 1770, in Germany. A musician, Died in 1827

Florence Nightingale????????????? Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820?? An English nurse??? Died in 1910

Bill Gates????????????? Born in 1955 in the USA?? Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought? Own Microsoft

Thomas Edison????????????? Born in 1847 in the USA? Made over 6000 inventions??? Died in 1931

Lin Shuhao????????????? Born on August 23rd, 1988 in California, USA?? A basketball player?? Playing in the Houston Rockets, USA

1.Thomas Edison is from_________ .

A. Canada??????? B. Italy???????? C. America???????? D. Australia

2.The?????? _ was born in 1770.

A. musician? ????????????? ? B. nurse?? ????????????? ???? C. businessman? ????????????? D. scientist

3.Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a ????? .

A. song????????? B. book???????? C. school????????? D. movie

4.Florence Nightingale died in????? .

A. 1931????????? B. 1827???????? C. 1847?????????? D. 1910

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Lin Shuhao is playing basketball in America.

B. Beethoven made over 1000 inventions.

C. Edison was born in 1820 .???

D. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955

Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.
Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.
Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.
His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
【小题1】Beethoven was from a        in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

1.Thomas Edison is from.

A．Canada           B．Italy              C．America          D．Australia

2.The ______was born in 1770.

A．musician          B．nurse             C．businessman       D．scientist

3.Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a ______.

A．song             B．book             C．school            D．Movie

Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.

Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.

Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.

His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.Beethoven was from a        in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A．educational family                       B．teacher’s family

C．rich family                             D．poor family

2.Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make   .

A．him be a great musician

B．him not drink too much like him

C．himself rich

D．him beat Mozart in music

3.What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?

A．He wasn’t a rich boy.

B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

C．He didn’t love his parents.

D．He would be a great singer.

4.He was ugly and deaf ,       .

A．that often made him dislike music

B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

C．that made him stressed out

D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.