Tim’s teacher, Mr. Lewis told him, “It’s not hard to learn to play the piano. It just takes practice. I ________ you start with five days a week, twenty minutes a day. We’ll work up to thirty minutes a day. It’s the only ________ to learn to play. Here’s a list of suggestions to help you get started. It has some exercises to make your fingers become ________. It’s the first step to play the piano.”

After a short time, Mr. Lewis ________ to Tim and continued “I like to practice ________ the same time every day. It helps me to remember.”

Tim ________ surprised（惊讶的）. “You still practice?”

“Almost every day. I don’t want to forget what I’ve learned about all these keys!”

Tim looked at the keyboard “How many keys are there?”

“There are eighty-eight keys, including（包括）fifty-two white ________.”

“Am I going to learn all eighty-eight keys today?” asked Tim.

“No, we shouldn’t learn it so ________. We’ll take it slow. Coming to lessons is important, and so is practicing. I’ll write down your instructions in this notebook every week. The ________ will also help you to remember what you are practicing.” Mr. Lewis handed Tim a small blue notebook.

“I’m ready now. I ________ if we can start,” Tim smiled.

“OK. Let’s get started.”

“Grandma,” said Leslie, “what is the music that you are playing?”

“That is the beautiful blue Danube waltz,” said Grandma.

“I really like it,” said Leslie. “It makes me want to dance around the room.”

“I’m sure that Mr. Strauss would be pleased to hear that. He wrote that music.” said grandma. “I have a DVD of couples (成对) waltzing. You might enjoy watching it.” Grandma put a disc (唱片) into a machine and turned on the television. After a few minutes, couples walked onto a dance floor and began to dance to the waltz music. Leslie’s eyes followed the dancers. After a while, she got up and danced to the music herself.

“That was such fun, Grandma!” she said. “I felt like I couldn’t stand. I never knew that music could make you feel like that.”

“Some music can,” said grandma. “It can be very powerful (有力的). Music can make you want to laugh or cry. It can make you very happy so you want to dance. It can make your heart beat fast, or it can make scary things worse.”

“That’s why there is so much music in movies,” said Leslie.

“That’s right,” said Grandma. “It helps to keep your feelings moving along with the story. If the composer uses the wrong music, he could make people laugh when they should cry I never thought that music could have such power!” said Leslie.

Kevin walked into the hall of the museum. He tried to find a group（乐团）. He came with it, but he didn’t find it. He started to worry. Then he heard music. Kevin stopped outside two doors. He pressed his ear up to a door. Kevin opened the doors. It was dark except the stage（舞台）. There he saw four people and they each played an instrument. The music was beautiful. Kevin sat in the back. He didn’t want to interrupt. The music was so beautiful that he forgot all about worrying. Just then the music grew loud（大声的）. Just as Kevin thought that the sounds could not grow big any more, the music changed. Then the music became very quiet. You would think there were people sleeping there. Then the music stopped. The song was over. Kevin stood up and went back to the hall. He looked around and saw his group standing at the end of the hall. Kevin joined it. He couldn’t forget the amazing music and he sang the music all day.

Rock music is a kind of popular music that firstly came from “rock and roll” in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into different styles in the 1960s and later, especially in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Rock music developed from the African-American blues（布鲁斯）and from country music. Later, rock music also learned from other kinds of music such as electric（电子的）blues, folk, jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered（以……为中心）on the electric guitar, usually group with electric bass（贝斯）and drums and one or more singers. By the late 1960s “classic rock” period some other rock music appeared, including blues rock, folk rock, country rock, jazz-rock and so on.

Like pop music, rock music is often about love, people lives or politics. It also shows changes in social attitudes to race, sex and drug use, and is often seen as an expression of youth revolt（反叛）against adult.

How can music therapy(疗法)help people keep healthy? Think about people who are around you use music. Maybe your brother     61     the drums when he is nervous. Perhaps your mother listens to her favorite country music to     62     /rɪˈlæks/. Maybe your aunt plays rock music     63     she exercises. Now think about what it can do for the sick.

A music therapist is a part of health care     64     /tiːm/. First a music therapist must have good communication     65    (skill). Next the therapist will come up with a plan. Finally, the music therapist will     66     /prəˈvaɪd/ the treatment(疗法). A music therapist can use music to make the patient feel     67    (good). An angry child might calm down by     68    (play)an instrument. An elderly patient might cheer     69     by singing.

Do you love music? Would you like to combine(结合)love with health care when you are ill? Perhaps a music therapy can be very     70    (help)to you.