2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father did not want him to become a 1 (music), Strauss Junior studied the violin 2 (secret) as a child. When his father discovered his son practising on a violin one day, he gave him a beating, 3 (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn’t prevent the boy from becoming one of the 4 (great) composers of all time.
He wrote his first waltz (华尔兹) at the age of six. At nineteen, he decided to devote 5 (he) to music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour of Europe and soon became known 6 the Waltz King. The emperor of Austria was so 7 (please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions 8 he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among 9 was the well-known favorite The Blue Danube (蓝色多瑙河) in all, the talented Johann Strauss 10 (write) more than 500 masterpieces.
