A person devoted to art

Beethoven, a famous German musician known as the "music giant", loved music from an early age. 1/At the age of 0/,he worked as a performer in a theater band, and at the age of 0/2, he worked as an acting organist in the court chapel. At the age of 22, Beethoven came to Vienna, the hometown of music, and his music was warmly welcomed by people.

However, he is an unwelcome person in the hotel. What's going on here? It turned out that he played the piano very hard, and his fingers were swollen after a long time, so he stopped to have a rest and could not bear to part with precious time. If you don't rest, your fingers will be swollen and painful, which will affect your piano practice. So, he thought of a way. Every time he practices the piano, he puts a basin of cold water beside it. When his fingers burned and hurt, he dipped his hand in cold water, soaked it and threw it on the ground, then played tinkling. The water left on the ground makes a mickle, and over time, the room is as wet as it has rained. These accumulated water seeped into the downstairs room along the cracks in the floor and soaked the bedding and pillows of the downstairs residents. The tenant downstairs complained to the boss that Beethoven was driven away by the shopkeeper.

Beethoven moved to another hotel with his bag. He still practices the piano from morning till night every day and can't change the habit of soaking his hands in cold water. Many tenants can't help admiring Beethoven's piano practice.

One day, Beethoven was hungry and planned to go to a restaurant for dinner. As he walked, he thought about a piece of music he was writing. I entered the restaurant and just sat down when I suddenly caught a beautiful melody. He was very excited, so he turned over the menu on the dining table and drew many tadpole-like notes on the back of the menu. While tapping the rhythm with his fingers on the dining table, he continued to conceive his own work. An hour passed, he stood up, called the waiter and asked the waiter to pay the bill.

"Sir, you haven't eaten yet. What is the bill? " The waiter looked at Beethoven puzzled. Beethoven remembered this and ordered something to eat casually. The waiter looked at Beethoven curiously and thought, What a strange man!

Exercise:

1. abbreviation.

Beethoven, a famous German musician known as the "music giant", loved music from an early age.

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2. Fill in the blanks according to the content of the article.

(1) Beethoven's Finger Pain is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

(2) Beethoven used cold water to soak his hands to eliminate "pain" and insisted on practicing the piano, which reflected his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

(3) Beethoven forgot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when composing music, which reflected his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

(4) There is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ relationship between the first natural paragraph and the following natural paragraph, which can be expressed by the word _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

3. Draw the figurative sentences in the text with "".

Divide the article, mark it with "||", and then write the meaning of each paragraph.

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Reference answer

1. Beethoven loved music.

2.① Playing the piano is hard and takes a long time; 2 not afraid of suffering; 3 eat and get carried away.

4 the turning point is

Draw many tadpole notes on the back of the menu.

4. Paragraph 1 (paragraph 1): Writing Beethoven's music is welcomed by people.

The second paragraph (the second and third paragraphs): Write down the reasons why Beethoven is not popular in the hotel.

The third paragraph (the fourth and fifth paragraphs): Write Beethoven and forget to eat while studying music.