Around 1870, Argentina(阿根廷)was experiencing an economic boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of immigrants poured to Buenos Aires,     1    （seek）jobs. But these jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy     2    （arrival）mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango（探戈舞） evolved.

Initially, the tango was a dance of the    3    （low）classes, which was danced in the bars and streets. Gradually, the dance    4    （spread）into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became seen as being more     5    （respect）.

In Europe at this time, intense interest     6    dance from around the world was beginning. Tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe on board the boats carrying beef from Argentina. They began to draw the interest of the public as they performed     7    （they）passionate dance in restaurants and cafes. Not everyone approved of the new dance, though. In fact. it raised a few eyebrows among the more conservative members of society,    8     found the tango a little too shocking. The dance did find enough supporters so that even the tango's many critics could not put     9    end to its spreading popularity.

The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Now tango festivals    10    （hold）annually in different parts of the world.

Dragon dance is a traditional dance and performance, which is performed by a team of skilled dancers who make the motionless dragon alive by controlling dragon poles. Generally     1     (speak), there is a dragon ball in the front of the dragon head, which leads     2     the dragon moves, and the dragon head is the heaviest part. The length of the dragon is not fixed, and the number of dancers and poles varies according to     3     (it) length. The color and look of the dragon are     4     (variety).

Dragon dance is usually performed at important days and festivals,     5     the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. Dragon dance can be divided into two     6     (category): the normal one, and the one with alight candles in the dragon's body.    7     latter one is also named dragon lantern dance, which is often performed at the Lantern Festival.

Dragon dance is usually accompanied with gongs (锣) and drums-playing, and they are a form that people use     8     (express) their wishes for good luck. Nowadays, dragon dance represents people's love for traditional dragon culture. And at festivals, it creates a warm and nice atmosphere for    9     (celebrate). The spirit is what people value and inherit, and it     10     (pass)to the offspring (后代) in the future.

Xun—the Chinese ocarins (陶笛)—is regarded as one of the most     1     (importance) treasures of ancient China.

The history of xun can be traced to the Neolithic Period (10,000~4,000 BC). In 1956, two xun instruments,     2     were probably made over 6,000 years ago, were discovered. These ancient xun instruments are made of fine clay, one of which has one finger hole, while     3     other has only one hole as the mouthpiece.

Many more xun instruments appeared, but arguably the most “modern” one is the six hole xun which now     4     (believe) to originate in the Han Dynasty (206 BC ~ 220 AD), and this form lasted for thousands of years at least until the Qing Dynasty (1644~1912).

While xun was almost forgotten during the 19th     5     early 20th centuries, many efforts to make xun popular again had been made since the 1980s. In 1984, Du Ciwen, a famous Chinese instrumentalist,     6     (play) a song called “Chu’s Song” with a xun at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games is Los tageles, which made xun     7     (wide) known in the modern world.

Nowadays, more finger holes have been added to xun for easier fingering,     8     (allow) more notes to be played. Also, the modern xun sounds much     9     (loud). It’s now quite common     10     (see) xun instruments added in the modern Chinese orehestra (管弦乐队).

Confucius(孔子) is honored     1     setting the tone for much traditional Chinese music for thousands of years. He     2     (think) to be a great educator. However, he is also a     3     (talent) musician who was able to play several instruments expertly. Perhaps nowadays for people around the world, music     4    (mean) mainly for amusement. But during the time of the Zhou Dynasty about 500 BC, music had an important role in making society stable.

How music was used and performed is expressed in several main Confucian books. Confucius taught that     5     (educate) somebody, you should start with poems, emphasize ceremonies, and finish with music.

Musical knowledge was     6     matter of higher learning. It is said that he thought of the six most important subjects to study,     7    (rank) music higher than the other five necessary subjects like writing and mathematics.

Music was important because the ideal society was to be governed by ritual (礼制) functions, but not by law. In a culture     8     people function according to ritual, music is used to help govern them. So music wasn’t really     9     (entertain), but a means for musicians to accomplish political and social goals. Music is     10     (eventual) a means for social happiness.

6 . Broadway theater, commonly     1     (know) as Broadway, refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Along     2     London’s West End theatres, Broadway theaters are     3     (wide) considered to represent the highest level of commercial theater in     4     English-speaking world.

The Theater District is a popular tourist     5     (attract) in New York City. According to The Broadway League, for the 2015-2016 season,    6     ended May 22, 2016, total attendance was 13,317,980 and Broadway performances had $ 1,373,253,725 in grosses (总收入), with attendance up 1.6%, grosses tip 0.6%, and     7     (play) time up 1.4%.

The great majority of Broadway     8     (show) are musicals. Historian Martin Shelter argues, “Broadway musicals, with the productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein,    9     (become) big influential forms of American popular culture, and helped make New York City the     10     (culture) capital of the nation.”