2492.Dear Uncle, It is great to hear from you.Let me tell you something about our hometown. Great changes have taken place in our hometown have already moved into big,comfortable houses.They have not only got telephones,color TV sets and computers,but also washing machines,refrigerators and so on.Some families even have got their own cars.Now the government is paying more attention to our life in the countryside.It has built many new roads and schools.The roads are wider and better.Besides,schools are more beautiful and students can get a better education in clean,bright classrooms.Do you still remember the old big tree opposite our house?It is still there and it has witnessed the changes in our hometown in recent years. I believe life in the countryside will be much better in the future.I hope you can come back and have a look yourself.Best wishes! Yours, Li Hai (1)What has taken place in Li Hai's hometown?
(2)Who has built many new roads and schools in Li Hai's hometown?
2494.Beethoven,a famous musician in the world,was born in Germany in 1770.In his childhood Beethoven didn't have a happy life.His father was a singer.When he was only four,his father began to make him practice hour after hour on different musical instruments.If he did not put his heart into it,his father would beat him or make it hard on him. Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts when he was only a boy of eleven.At the age of seventeen,he won high praise from Mozart,the great musician at that time. Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life.After an illness,he suddenly found himself deaf.At that time he was only thirty-one.It was a blow (打擊) to him indeed. But he still went on working and writing music pieces.To people's surprise,some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing. In 1827,leaving more than 300 pieces,the great musician died.But his name is still remembered to this day.
(1)Where was Beethoven born?
(2)What did Beethoven's father do?
(3)When did Beethoven win high praise from Mozart?
(4)What happened to Beethoven when he was 31?
(5)How many pieces of music did Beethoven leave behind after his death?