Вставить недостающие слова, вместо _ Fill in the gaps. The Story of a little Boy Who was Forced to Practise Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the lovely town of Bonn, on the river Rhine, December 16, 1770. The house in which he spent his _ is still standing. It is now the Beethoven House, or Museum, filled with mementos of the great composer. There you may see music pages written by him, letters, medals, instruments, even the _ is there. Beethoven’s father was a singer at the Chapel of the Elector. He was not a good father, for he did not care to work even enough to make his family comfortable. But the mother loved her boy with all her heart. Ludwig was only four years old when he began to study music. Like children of today he shed many a tear over the first lessons _ , his father taught him piano and violin, and forced him to practise. At school he learned, just as we do today, reading, writing, arithmetic, and later on, Latin. While Ludwig was in school he played at a concert for the first time. He was then eight years old. Two years later he _ quite a numbers of pieces. Then the little boy studied with a teacher named Christian Gottlob Neefe, who took real interest in him. Then with the organ lessons there were other lessons in Harmony. So _ did the boy improve that his teacher said one day: “If he _ as he has begun, he will some day be a second Mozart.” Our young hero of thirteen was surely busy every hour of the day. He played in an _ , as accompanist. On his sixteen birthday he set out from Bonn to Vienna, where Mozart lived. Vienna had given him a wonderful _ . He met Mozart and had some lessons from him in Composition. Everywhere in Vienna Beethoven was a _ guest. He was proud (but in the right way), very _ , always straightforward and _ . But a strange _ touched him and took away his sense of hearing. For the time he was about thirty years old his hearing grew gradually _ . We must remember that he could hear his own music only in his _ .

Ниже я заполнил все пропуски и объяснил логику выбора слов по каждому месту. В конце дам сам полный текст с заполненными словами и краткими заметками по грамматике и смыслу. Заполненный текст (ответы на пропуски) The Story of a little Boy Who was Forced to Practise Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the lovely town of Bonn, on the river Rhine, December 16, 1770. The house in which he spent his childhood is still standing. It is now the Beethoven House, or Museum, filled with mementos of the great composer. There you may see music pages written by him, letters, medals, instruments, even the piano is there. Beethoven’s father was a singer at the Chapel of the Elector. He was not a good father, for he did not care to work even enough to make his family comfortable. But the mother loved her boy with all her heart. Ludwig was only four years old when he began to study music. Like children of today he shed many a tear over the first lessons in music, his father taught him piano and violin, and forced him to practise. At school he learned, just as we do today, reading, writing, arithmetic, and later on, Latin. While Ludwig was in school he played at a concert for the first time. He was then eight years old. Two years later he composed quite a number of pieces. Then the little boy studied with a teacher named Christian Gottlob Neefe, who took real interest in him. Then with the organ lessons there were other lessons in Harmony. So well did the boy improve that his teacher said one day: “If he continues as he has begun, he will some day be a second Mozart.” Our young hero of thirteen was surely busy every hour of the day. He played in an orchestra, as accompanist. On his sixteen birthday he set out from Bonn to Vienna, where Mozart lived. Vienna had given him a wonderful opportunity. He met Mozart and had some lessons from him in Composition. Everywhere in Vienna Beethoven was a welcome guest. He was proud (but in the right way), very independent, always straightforward and honest. But a strange illness touched him and took away his sense of hearing. For the time he was about thirty years old his hearing grew gradually worse. We must remember that he could hear his own music only in his head. Пояснения по каждому пропуску (пошагово) 1) childhood - Часть речи: существительное. - Контекст: «The house in which he spent his __ is still standing» — ему нужно существительное, обозначающее время жизни в детстве/юности. Самый естественный вариант: childhood. 2) piano - Часть речи: существительное (название инструмента). - Контекст: перечисляются вещи в музее: страницы музыки, письма, медали, инструменты — и «even the ___ is there» намекает на один из инструментов. Пианино является знаковым инструментом Бетховена, поэтому «piano» подходит. 3) in music - Часть речи: предлог + существительное (часть комплекта «lessons in music»). - Контекст: «первые уроки ___, его отец учил его играть на пианино и скрипке» — характерно сказать «lessons in music». 4) composed - Часть речи: глагол (прошедшее время). - Контекст: «Two years later he __ quite a number of pieces» — в этот период он начал сочинять довольно много произведений. «composed» звучит естественно как одно из наиболее употребляемых слов в таком контексте. 5) well - Часть речи: наречие. - Контекст: оборот «So well did the boy improve» образует инверсию, типичную для старины/упрощённого стиля текста. Значение: «так хорошо он прогрессировал». 6) continues - Часть речи: глагол (3-е лицо, единственное число). - Контекст: часть условной фразы: «If he continues as he has begun» — обычная формулировка в английском. 7) orchestra - Часть речи: существительное. - Контекст: «He played in an ___, as accompanist» — в оркестре он выступал в роли аккомпаниатора. Правильно: «an orchestra». 8) opportunity - Часть речи: существительное. - Контекст: «Vienna had given him a wonderful ___» — естественно «opportunity» (возможность). 9) welcome - Часть речи: прилагательное. - Контекст: «Beethoven was a _ guest» — звучит как «welcome guest» (радушный/приветливый гость). 10) independent; honest - Часть речи: прилагательные. - Контекст: «He was proud (but in the right way), very __ , always straightforward and __.» - Первое слово: «independent» (независимый) — соответствует образу человека, который держится уверен в себе. - Второе слово: «honest» (честный) или можно было бы выбрать «frank», но «honest» вписывается в контекст «straightforward and honest» как естественное сочетание. 11) illness - Часть речи: существительное. - Контекст: «a strange ___ touched him» — привычное сочетание: странное заболевание/недуг. 12) worse - Часть речи: прилагательное в степень сравнения. - Контекст: «his hearing grew gradually ___» — «становилось хуже» звучит естественно. 13) head - Часть речи: существительное. - Контекст: «he could hear his own music only in his ___» — выражение «in his head» (в голове). Дополнительные заметки - В оригинальном тексте могла встречаться небольшая стилистическая устаревшая конструкция (например, «sixteen birthday» вместо «sixteenth birthday»). Здесь я оставил смысловую правду и не изменял смысловую структуру пропусков. - Варианты заполнения: некоторые пропуски могли иметь несколько допустимых вариантов (например, вместо «opportunity» можно было сказать «chance», вместо «independent» можно другое качественное определение). Я выбрал наиболее естественные и типичные для учебного чтения 7 класса. Если хочешь, могу: - дать учителю небольшое задание-правку с аналогичными пропусками для практики по тем же грамматическим формулам; - дать словарь по новым словам с произношением и переводом.