Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life he wrote   1   300 songs and an opera.
Xian was born in Panyu, Guangzhou, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with   2   mother. He began learning to play   3   violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was   4   cheap and badly made that he   5   not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop   6   and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students   7   studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he   8  , Xian became the school’s best student   9   won several prizes for his talents.
In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan’an   10   music at a collage.   11   there were no pianos in Yan’an at that time, Xian still wrote   12   of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.
In May 1940, Xian   13   to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very   14  . Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness   15   October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian’s music, however, lives on in the people’s hearts.
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【主旨大意】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了中国著名音乐家冼星海艰苦、短暂而又光辉的一生，《黄河大合唱》是其代表作之一。
1. B  考查副词的用法。句意：在他短暂的一生中，他谱写了几乎300多首歌曲和一部歌剧。故选B。