—__________. I watch then every week.

    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 wrote1300 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 with2mother. He began learning to play3violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was4cheap and badly made that he5not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop6and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students7studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he8, Xian became the school's best student9won several prizes for his talents.

    In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan' an10music at a collage.11there were no pianos in Yan' an at that time, Xian still wrote12of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.

    In May 1940, Xian13to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very14. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness15October 30,1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in people's hearts.

注意：1）要点齐全，适当发挥；

2）从思维导图Sayings部分选择恰当的格言合理利用在短文中；

3）句子及篇章结构准确、连贯，书写规范；

4）词数：80~100左右；

5）文中不得出现考生的真实姓名、学校及其他任何个人相关信息。

    On March 14, one of science's brightest stars went dark. Stephen Hawking, the world-famous British scientist, died at 76 in Cambridge, UK.

    Hawking is considered to be the greatest scientist in history since Albert Einstein. He came up with the theory that the universe (宇宙) began with the Big Bang (大爆炸) and will end in black holes. He also wrote books to help common people understand the universe. His most famous book is A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 10 million copies around the world.

    Besides his scientific achievements, Hawking was also someone who had a strong will (意志) and optimistic (乐观的) attitude.

When Hawking was 21, he got a serious illness that stopped him from walking and talking. Later in life, he had to sit in a wheelchair and "speak" by using a computerized voice. But this didn't stop him from living a meaningful and colourful life. "If one is physically (身体上) disabled, one cannot afford to be psychologically (心理上) disabled as well," he once said.

    Hawking travelled the globe to attend science conferences, visiting every continent. He was also a fan of pop culture and appeared on TV shows.

    He celebrated his 60th birthday by going up in a hot-air balloon. When he was65, he took part in a zero-gravity (零重力) flight to experience weightlessness. He hoped to travel into space one day.

    In 2013, Hawking spoke about how he felt life was unfair when he got ill at first. "But now, 50 years later, I can be quite satisfied with my life," he said.

The factory was one year ago.

    My father was German, but he worked in England. He married my mother, who was English. Her family name was Robinson, so when I was born in England, they called me Robinson, after her.

    My father did well in his business and I went to a good school. He wanted me to get a good job, and live a quiet, pleasant life. But I wanted adventure and an exciting life.

    "I want to be a sailor and go to sea," I told my mother and father. They were very unhappy about this.

    "Please don't go," my father said. "You won't be happy you know. Sailors have a difficult and dangerous life. "Because I love him, and he was unhappy, I tried to forget about the sea.

    But I couldn't forget, and about a year later, I saw a friend in town. His father had a ship and my friend said to me, "We are sailing to London tomorrow. Why don't you come with us?"

    On September 1st, 1651, I went to Hull. And the next day we sailed for London.

    But, a few days later, there was a strong wind. The sea was rough and dangerous, and the ship went up and down, up and down. I was very ill, and was very afraid. "Oh, I don't want to die!" I cried. "I want to live! If I live, I will go home and never go to sea again!"

    The next day the wind stopped, and the sea was quiet and beautiful again.

    "Well, Robinson," my friend laughed, "how do you feel now? The wind wasn't too bad."

    "What!" I cried. "It was a terrible storm!"

    "Oh, that wasn't a storm," my friend answered, "just a little wind. Forget it, come and have a drink."

    After a few drinks with my friend, I felt better. I forgot about the danger, and decided not to go home. I didn't want my friend to laugh at me!

    I stayed in London for some time, but I still, wanted to go to the sea. So, when the captain (船长) of a ship asked me to go with him to Guinea in Africa, I agreed. And so I went to the sea for the second time.

    It was a good ship, and everything went well at first, but I was very ill again. Then when we were near the Canary Islands, a Turkish pirate (海盗) ship came after us. They were famous thieves of the sea at that time. There was a long, hard fight, but when it finished, we and the ship were prisoners. The Turkish captain and his men took us to Sale in Morocco. They wanted to sell us as slaves (奴隶) in the market. But in the end, the Turkish captain decided to keep me for himself, and took me home with him. This was a sudden and terrible change in my life. This Turkish captain was now my master.

—He's my cousin.