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　　More than two hundred and fifty years ago, there 1 in a small town in Germany a boy by the 2 of Handel. His father was a famous doctor. The doctor hoped that his son would become a great 3 . But the boy loved music better than 4 and wanted to give his life to music. He wanted to be 5 to play beautiful music of his own.

　　Though the father sent his son to school, neither books 6 lessons could drive away his great 7 for music. On his way home, the boy often stopped 8 to the playing of the great organ (管乐) from town church.

　　Later, his aunt Anna helped him to 9 his music on a small piano at his home. One day he 10 to play before a duke (公爵). The duke liked his playing very much. 11 the help of the duke, he began to 12 music under the best teachers. Soon he became very 13 in Europe. He not only played but also 14 music. His music made his name famous for all time.

　　Near the end of his life, he became blind (瞎). 15 then, he didn't give up writing music. He died in London.

用所给词的适当形式填空（每词限用一次，一空一词，其中有两个词是多余的）。

My aunt is a writer. She ____　 more than ten books since 1980.

A. writes B. wrote　 C. has written　　　 D. will write