Suona performer Xue Tianlong and his night class courses recently made     1     (headline) as the classes gained popularity among young people in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. His courses,     2     (hold)   at the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center, surprisingly have 491 people signed up for a limited 16 slots. Most of the students are     3     their 20s and 30s, all with great enthusiasm and affection for the traditional instrument.

The suona was first introduced to China from Arabia via the ancient Silk Road as early as the     4     (three) century. The instrument first appeared in written records during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) , and was used as     5     horn to inspire soldiers in the battle. Over the years, the suona     6     (become) widely popular and is commonly used at traditional ceremonies in rural China such as weddings and funerals, in combination with gongs and drums.

With its     7     (extreme) loud and distinctively expressive sounds, the suona is often hailed as the “king of Chinese folk instruments.” In recent years, more suona performers have been working with musicians of different music genres, such as jazz and bossa nova,     8     (give) the suona a contemporary twist. Young suona players     9     (see) actively promoting the instrument on social media platforms,     10     has helped the instrument to experience a revival.

3 . Have you seen the incredible guitar-playing of man born with no arms? The musician who was born without arms is being _________ for his greatest guitar-playing skills in a short documentary (纪实的) video which shows him playing the instrument with his _________.

Mark Goffeney, 46, of San Diego, who is _________ as “Big Toe” because of the way he plays the guitar, shows how he became a talented performer despite his _________ in the inspiring video, “I first _________ the instrument when I was nine, after my father brought home a beat-up _________ with only four strings. My first guitar came from some place like a landfill (垃圾场), ” says Mark, who adds that he became “_________” about becoming a musician at age 12.

Mark devoted every waking hour to searching his town and trying to join a _________, but ran into _________ because of his disability. Therefore, he started his own rock band, called Wicked Misfit, and began booking gigs (特约演奏) in California.

Things were _________ professionally for Mark because of his disability. But everything _________ when he started playing music from the heart.

“When I _________ chasing this fantasy dream of being a rock star and just started playing music to make money to support my family, everything started feeling good and _________ out for me, ” he shares.

Today, Mark _________ with his band, Big Toe, and also becomes a street-performer in California, where he makes quite good money _________ by passers-by.

5 . At 15, Luca Patuelli landed himself in a hopeless situation when his skating days came to a stop. A leg operation — just one of 16 operations he went through to deal with a neuromuscular (神经肌肉的) condition made standing on skateboard painful. “Both my favorite activity and the way I got around were taken away,” says Patuelli, who grew up in Maryland. Then one day a friend took him to a break-dancing competition. “It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen,” says the now 35-year-old. “I ended up dropping my crutches (拐杖) and doing what I called super push-up” — with his hands planted, he raised his body and let his legs stay in midair. “The crowd went crazy. The cheering made me realize I didn’t have to dance like them; I only had to dance like me.”

In 2004, Patuelli started making waves in many international competitions, showing his talents (天赋) in France, Canada (he now lives in Montreal), and California; he also created moves for music videos and even landed a Cirque du Soleil audition (试演). Along the way, Patuelli also known as Lazylegz, met differently-abled dancers and came up with an idea: “Create an all-star team to compete, perform (表演), and spread message about what we can do.”

In 2007, he formed. ILL-Abilities, a global group of dancers. Current members include Redouan “Redo” AitChitt from the Netherlands, born without a right arm, and Samuel “Samuka” Lima from Brazil, whose right leg was cut after getting cancer.

In addition to wowing other breakers, Patuelli’s team (which has toured Mexico, Poland, Rwanda, and beyond) performs what he calls “motivational entertainment” — a mix of dancing, discussions, and teaching — for everyone from elementary schoolers to old people. Patuelli says, “We get people moving and thinking about how to make society more accessible. I think of us as a group of superheroes with different powers—the X-Men of dance!”