Ancient Greece

The Greeks were the greatest (great) sailors of their time. Greece has one excellent （）41_- (nature) feature—the coastline.That's why many Greeks left the mountains and （）42_ (take) to the sea.

The ancient Greeks have（）43_(give) the world many ideas about life and how to live it. The idea of democracy(民主) started in Greece. So did many ideas of science, religion and（）44 _ (govern). But these ideas did not come out of Greece as a whole. Instead, they grew up in（）45_ (differ) cities throughout the Greek Empire.

The cities of Greece grew up in valleys near the sea.Each city was（）46(separate)from the others by mountains. The roads （）47__(connect) the cities were narrow and winding. Each city governed itself in its own way. And the（）48_ (citizen) of each city were very proud of its way of life. In fact, each city was （）49_ (real) an independent state. Such places are called city-states by  （）50_(politics) scientists.

What do we know about Beethoven's father from the text?

• A、He was a friend of Mozart's.

• B、
  
  He was a gifted musician.

• C、He was unclear about Beethoven's age.

• D、He was Beethoven's first music teacher.

A. Huge

B. formally

C.success

D.important

E.moved

F.period

G.continually

H. Financial

L.published

J.book

K. Educated

L.gradually