Two exchange students are discovering new music in their host countries. Alice introduces a beautiful violin concerto     1    (compose) by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang. Its title is Butterfly Lovers,     2    can be called a Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet. It combines Chinese and Western musical elements: it     3    (play) on Western instruments, but much of the music has its     4    (root) in Chinese Yue Opera. The unique     5    (combine) makes Alice realize that music is a universal language.

From the host family, Harry Yu learns a lot about country music. It     6    (become) popular in the     7    (south) part of America in the 1940s and then quickly spread     8    the nation. Most of the songs are about hardship and heartbreak. People can feel an emotional connection between themselves     9    the musicians, and the simple tunes of the music are often very     10    (suggest) of countryside surroundings.