Question

任务型阅读。 

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列句子。

     Long ago in Germany,  a little boy named George Frederick Handel loved music very much.  He
wanted to learn how to play the piano. But his father wanted him to become a lawyer and would not let
him take music lessons. There was a little, old piano up in the attic(阁楼).At night, when everybody was
asleep, the little boy crept up(爬上)the stairs and played softly.    
     When he was about 7.he went with his father to visit a rich duke (公爵).There was a wonderful
organ(风琴)in his house. Little Handel walked up to the organ and began to play.  His little hands moved
over the keys and the sweetest music came out. When he finished, he saw his father and the duke looking at him. The duke asked him where he had learned to play, and the boy told him about the piano in the
attic.    
     Then the duke persuaded(说服)Handel's father to let him study music. Afew years later, young
Handel became a famous composer(作曲家).

1. George Frederick Handel always played the piano in___________before he was famous.
2. His father would like Ceorge to be a___________when he grew up.
3. Little George often crept up the stairs and___________at night.
4. When che boy with his father visited a rich duke, the duke found___________.
5. After the duke persuaded Handel's father, he could___________ and then young Handel became a famous composer.

Answer 1

1. the attic  2. lawyer  3. played the piano softly  4. the talented boy / the boy's ability   5.  study music