In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he asked his fans     1     (make) videos, which he then joined together into one performance. His first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had 185 singers     2     12 different countries. It has received millions of views on the Internet. Since then, the virtual choir     3     (become) a worldwide phenomenon.

A program called Everlasting Classics is becoming     1    (increase) popular. The program,     2     combines Chinese traditional poetry with music, was launched by China Central Television (CCTV) in 2018.

And it became a great hit soon after the program     3    (show) on CCTV 1. It was hosted by Sa Beining,     4     CCTV host loved by the audience, and the Appreciation Group in the group included Professor Kang Zen from Beijing Normal University, Dean of the China Conservatory of Music, Wang Liguang, the famous hostess Zeng Baoyi and the well-known singer Yu Chengqing. Together, they led the audience to interpret and appreciate many classic Chinese poems, enjoying the     5    (beautiful) that the poems brought to the audience. Moreover, the poems were adapted into songs, which were sung by famous singers, like Zhang Jie, Wang Yuan, etc,     6    (make) the program more spellbinding.

In Season 1 of the program, one of the     7    (attract) songs was Butterfly Lovers (《梁祝》). An 88-year-old pianist called Wu Yili played the music with the famous violinist Lv Siqing. The melodious music moved many of the audience     8     tears. In recent years, CCTV has produced many programs     9    (spread) traditional Chinese culture, including Chinese Poetry Competition     10     Everlasting Classics. Thanks to these programs, many people set off a craze for the study of Chinese culture.