题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

Paul Frederic Simon is a famous musician, singer and songwriter. He was born ___1.___October 13, 1941 in the USA.  It's been more than half a century since he wrote his famous song The Sound of silence with his partner Art Garfunkel. They also adapted the old English folk song Scarborough Fair,___ 2.__is still popular all over the world now.

    Recently Paul Simon released his latest album Stranger to Stranger and received excellent reviews. And Wristband, which is one of the __3._(song) from the album, is often played on college radio.

    ___4.__, Simon is ready to hang up his guitar and stop ___5.___(make) music. “Show business doesn’t hold any interest for me,” said the 74-year-old man.

Simon is planning __6._(begin) a month-long tour of Europe on October 17, shortly after his 75th birthday. After that, he’s going to travel for a year, perhaps with his wife. “It’s   7.  act of courage to let go,” said Simon. “I am going to see   8.   will happen if I let go. Then I’m going to see who I am.”

If he does quit music, Simon____9.___(bring) a great career to a close, which has spanned sixty years. He has won more than a dozen Grammys and produced a lot of ____10.__ (amaze) songs. Paul Fredric Simon has been named by Time Magazine one of the “100 People Who Shaped the World”.