“The Chinese Bridge contest was an important experience in my life,” said Aya Ibrahim,     1     Egyptian girl. She was awarded the top prize in the Chinese language final contest in Cairo     2     (conclude) in May 31th. “Through the stage of the     3     (compete), I gained knowledge and improved my capabilities,” said Ibrahim from Cairo University,     4     she was studying Chinese.

The girl with seven other contest winners     5    (receive) by the Chinese ambassador to Egypt and shared their stories of learning Chinese. Ibrahim said she joined in diverse Chinese activities at the Confucius Institute at Cairo University, such as     6     (recite) Chinese poetry, singing Chinese songs and dancing Chinese dances. She added that most     7     (important), learning the Chinese language had changed her     8     a confident and socialized person with a far     9     (broad) vision. The Egyptian girl’s wish is     10     she will have the opportunity to complete her post-graduate studies in China.

Latin American music is one of the most popular music in the world. Sometimes it     1    (call) Latin music, which includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties. Some critics have defined Latin music as a    2     (combine) of four elements: music style, geography, cultural background of artist and language, the first of which contains all music styles generated from Latin countries, such as salsa, merengue, bachata as well as others     3       (gain)   from more mainstream styles, such as Latin pop, rock, jazz and hip- hop. Latin music     4     (influence)   American popular music, jazz, rhythm and blues and even country music for long.

The Argentine tango was     5    worldwide success in the 1930's,     6     it was common in dance halls for a Latin orchestra to alternate with a big band. Latin music was    7       (extreme） popular with dancers.

    8     (start)   in the mid-1980's, Billboard introduced the Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Tracks charts for Latin music albums and singles. During the next decade, Latini music gained interest into the mainstream. Ricky Martin’ s performance of Spanglish (含有西班牙语及英文的) version The Cup of Life at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999 was     9    made him well-known and earned him much press attention. Today most mainstream artists and producers tend to feature more on songs     10    Latin artists.