Among all kinds of music, pop music is my favorite.    1    originated (起源) in Britain and    2    (perform) by such    3    (artist) as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones. Abba, and so on. Pop music has an interesting development. 1960s and 1970s saw    4    great number of important changes in    5    (popularity) music, for example,    6    (develop) of a number of new styles. I think pop music can not only help relax pressure in daily life,    7    express our feeling,    8    (much) easily sometimes. To my delight, pop music nowadays has deepened    9    (it) to carry more meanings,    10    (pay) more attention to social issues.

We have an old musical instrument. It     1     (call) a clavichord(古钢琴). It     2    (make) in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord     3     (keep) in the living room. It     4     (belong) to our family for a longtime. The instrument     5     (buy) by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it     6    (damage) by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings     7    (break). My father     8    (shock). Now we     9    (not allow) to touch it. It     10    (repair) by a friend of my father now.

Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a     1     (complete) new sound to my Western ears. I was surprised to see their amazing costumes and masks and the simple stage. Their voices     2     (sound) really unique — some of the female voices were so high     3     I was sure they could break glass! Though the performers sang     4     Chinese, their special techniques help get the meanings across to the audience.