Paper cutting is a     1    Chinese art．It has been around for over 1，500 years．Many people in China put paper cuttings on their walls or their windows during the Spring Festival．

The paper cutter     2    very simple tools，such as knives and scissors，to cut parts of the paper away．After these parts are cut away，a     3    picture of people or animals appears．Some paper cuttings are of Chinese characters，and others are of animals or plants．    4    paper cutting seems not difficult to learn，it is difficult to do．It requires many     5    of practice to become good at it．

People think paper cuttings will bring them good luck．

Thanks to the nonprofit（非盈利的）program Music and the Brain,     1    （recent）it has offered Mayfield School keyboards，music classes and teacher training.

When the students saw piano keyboards in neat rows（整齐地排列）, they were quite amazed. After all, it was the     2    （one）time for them to see something like that. With the help of the program, the children become more creative through music. When they practise playing the piano, they have to be     3    （patience）. The students need all     4     （kind）of abilities to work together.   They have to see musical notes and decode（解码）them in their brains. At the same time, they use their fingers to make sounds. Music improves the    5    （students）brains.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at     6    （play）musical instruments: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck played the piano wonderfully.

In a word, to learn music     7     (be) beneficial（有益的）.