Ⅵ.语法填空(10分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Beethoven is my favourite musician. He is one of the world's greatest 1. ______ (pianist). He liked music very much and could even play the piano 2. ______ he was only four years old. Beethoven's first music teacher was his father and he found that 3. ______ boy had a lot of talent. He wanted his son 4. ______ (become) the next Mozart. Beethoven practised very hard 5. ______ long hours every day. Because of this, he 6. ______ (quick) became very popular. However, Beethoven gradually lost 7. ______ (he) hearing. Life was not easy. He had to stop his 8. ______ (success) career as a pianist but he continued to work hard. He wrote 9. ______ (many) music pieces than before and some of his later pieces became very famous. I 10. ______ (listen) to his famous piece The Ninth Symphony while I was reading my favourite book last night. I had a great time.