The German musician, Ludwig van Beethoven, showed his musical talents at a very young age. At 7, he was
playing publicly. At the age of 17, Beethoven traveled to Vienna for the first time and met Mozart, 41 felt
impressed after watching Beethoven play a piece of music that he had given him. Soon, Beethoven became very
popular among music lovers in Vienna. Then in 1800, 42 hit Beethoven. He learned that he was slowly
becoming deaf. The decline in hearing caused great pain and worry for the genius composer. 43 , he never
got too discouraged to stop composing great music. He made a new style of music and composed the famous
Fifth Symphony. By 1820, he had become 44 deaf. In spite of the fact that he could not hear a single note,
he wrote five piano sonatas, the Missa Solemnis, and the Ninth Symphony. Sadly, in 1827, the great composer
died during a thunderstorm.
Beethoven is viewed as a musician with vision and his music 45 listeners for generations and will
continue to do so for generations to come.
【題組】44. (A) suddenly (B) presently (C) relatively (D) completely
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