教材试题 Unit 1 (Workbook) Reading Task.docVIP

Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Workbook) READING TASK A GOOD MASTER REMEMBERED It has been almost a week since my master, Ludwig van Beethoven, died. That day was one of the saddest of my life. I had worked for my master for more than twenty years and lived through many of his happiest moments and his triumphs as well as his most unhappy times. He wasnt, however, the easiest of men to work for. His moods were changeable so that he could be reasonable at one moment but most impatient and intolerant at the next. I succeeded in staying in his employment for so long because I had learned