Задание

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 1–10. Заполните пропуск 4, образовав однокоренное слово от слова COMPOSE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, a 1________________ composer, was born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany. He grew up in a very poor family. He began studying music at the age of four. Beethoven's first music 2_________________ was his father. There are numerous legends which say that his father was a violent and intemperate man, who returned home drunk late at night and dragged young Ludwig from his bed in order to "beat" music lessons into the boy's 3____________________ head. Despite this fact, the young Beethoven developed sensitivity and vision for music. When Ludwig began to show signs of promise, other teachers were called in. By the age of seven he was advanced enough to appear in public. His first 4______________________ were published in 1782. Five years later, while in Vienna, he performed and made a great 5_______________________ on Mozart, a renowned composer of the time. Beethoven studied with many of the great 6_______________________ masters but found his style of composition which was freer and more modern. He became known as an 7__________________________ composer by the time he had written his Third Symphony. He began to lose his hearing in 1798 but did not stop composing. By the time he had finished his Ninth Symphony in 1823, Beethoven was 8_______________________ deaf. In spite of this, he conducted the first 9_____________________ of his work and it was his highest success. Beethoven had a close and devoted circle of friends all his life. They seem to have been attracted by his strength of 10_______________________. Beethoven died three years later of pneumonia on March 26, 1827.