题目内容：

Can you imagine trying to write music if you were deaf? Most of us couldn’t dream of it. But for the great composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, this was no problem at __1.___.

Beethoven did not begin life deaf. He was __2.___ on Dec. 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He lived a (an) __3.__ life, and faced much sadness. One of his piano pieces, Fur Elise ( 《致爱丽丝》)，was __4.___ for a sad love story.

At the age of 26, Beethoven began to lose his hearing. Yet he was able to go on writing music __5.___ hearing vibration (振动). There is a story that after the performance of his famous Ninth Symphony, people cheered and clapped. Beethoven could not ___6.___ them clapping, and when he turned around and realized, he __7.__ to cry.

Before Beethoven, most music was very controlled (克制的). He changed all this ___8.___ created a powerful, violent sound. At ___9.___, many people hated his music, saying it was too emotional. But today, __10.__ name is a symbol for passion (热情) and genius (天才).