Rick is an 11-year-old boy from London. He ________ playing music.

One day when he was at home, he heard the drums. He ran out of their house and saw a band (乐队) ________ along the street. They played different kinds of ________. Rick loved the drums very much. He thought, “They are great!”

Days went by. Rick still couldn’t buy drums. At school he tapped (敲) on ________ books. At home, he tapped on the table ________ dinner. His dad saw it and ________ to do something for his son.

“Let’s go to the garage (车库),” Dad said one day, “why?” Rick asked. Dad said with a smile, “Because I have a surprise for you and I’ll give you a ________ gift.” Rick can’t wait to ask his dad, “What gift is it?” Dad took Rick into the garage. “Wow, a drum set! It’s a special gift for me and it’s ________ what I want. Thank you, Dad!” Rick shouted. It was Dad’s old drum set. Dad gave Rick the drumsticks (鼓槌). “________ I can’t play them, Dad,” He said at once. Dad taught him how to play the drums then. Rick learned to play them quickly.

“I hear music,” Rick said. He ran into their house and found his mother sitting at the piano. She was playing the piano. His father carried his guitar into their house. Rick was excited and said ________, “We can have a family band. Let’s play!”

【推荐3】Lion dancing is very popular among Chinese all over the world. It often happens during the new year days. The lions dance to the beat of a drum. They are not ______ lions. They are dancers in lion clothes.

The lions are part of the ______ for centuries. It started in China. It means bringing good ______ in the coming year. In many Asian countries, it’s usually ______ in January or February.

Usually, a lion is made up of two dancers. One dancer controls the head, the other controls the body and ______.

“I think of it ______ a sport,” says William Huang aged 16. He is a member of the New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club. William ______ as the lion’s head. It can weigh 20 pounds. Lion dancing is important to William. “This tradition really attracts (吸引) all the Chinese people around the world,” he says.

In the past, lion dancing was performed mostly by men. ______ it has changed nowadays. LionDance Me is a lion dancing group. ______ is in San Francisco, California. There are boys and girls in the group. They dance together.

Betty Chen is 17. She says anyone can ______ lion dancing. “You have to have confidence that you can do it,” she says.

【推荐1】J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the _________ sellers in the world. She was born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She had one sister who was two years younger than her. _________ of girls liked listening to their father’s bedtime stories. They _________ loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story _________ the age of six.

On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to _________ about a boy who had magic but he didn’t know it. In 1992, Rowling began to write the first Harry Potter book for young _________. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series（系列）is popular with people of all ages and about sixty million books were sold in 200 _________. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That’s _________ the Harry Potter series has been so popular all over the world. J. K. Rowling is very _________ with the success. Now she’s really enjoying life. She said she would __________ writing children’s books. We are looking forward to her new books.

【推荐3】On a small hill in Huaping, Yunnan, there is a small school. However, over the past 12 years, it has rewritten the fate（命运）of 1,804 poor _______ by sending them to universities.

Zhang Guimei, now 63, is the principal of this school. She began _______ in Huaping — one of China’s poorest areas — twenty years ago. The teacher wondered _______ many girls in her class would just one day stop coming to school. After some investigations（调查）, Zhang learned that they were from very poor _______. These girls were forced to work or get married at a _______ age, “We often say that we want every child to have a _______ start,” she said. But these poor girls don’t even have a chance to stand on the _______ line.”

Zhang wanted to _______ this. She spent years trying to raise money. Finally in 2008, she _______ the Huaping High School for Girls. It’s China’s first and only free public high school for girls.

Zhang gets up at 5a.m. every day to _______ the lights on each floor of the teaching building.” Many girls are timid（胆怯的）.” the principal explains. She wants them to feel safer on their way to classes. After years of _______ work, Zhang is now in poor health, but the school and the children matter more than _______ else in her mind.

Zhang’s story has warmed hearts all around China and inspired many to follow in her footsteps. Zhou Yunli was one of her students. After she _______ university, she heard that her mother school was short of maths teachers. She immediately returned to the school to teach. “_______ Ms Zhang, I would be nobody.” Zhou said with a smile. “When you become strong, you _______ remember to help others. This is what Ms Zhang taught us.”