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The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. In 1988, he began studying music at the University of Nevada and     1    （fall） in love with Mozart’s classical music. In 1995, he graduated from the university and then received a master’s degree in musical composition in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, his original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. In 2009,     2    （inspire）by a video of a girl who was singing one of his works, he asked his fans to make videos     3     he then joined together into one performance. Thus his first virtual choir was formed. Since then the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. The virtual choir has proved to have a positive influence     4     the lives of many people.     5     is a good way for people around the world to sing with one voice and make the world a better place.

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What comes to your mind when you think of music in Austria? You might think of Mozart or the film The Sound of Music, but Austrian music started off quite     1     (different).

One of the earliest types of Austrian music may not seem like music at all. Yodelling, a form of singing that alternates (交替) in pitch (音高) between low and high,     2     (be) thought to have begun as a way for animal owners in the mountains     3     (call) their animals. Even today, yodelling     4     (use) in pop, rock and country music.

In the 18th century the Austrian royal family drew many famous musicians to Vienna, making     5     a centre for musical innovation and performances. Some classical composers even used     6     (tradition) Austrian folk songs or tunes in their works.

Opera has also been popular in Austria. Not only rich Austrians     7     regular citizens flooded into Vienna to attend performances. Even today, there are operas     8     (perform) every year at the St. Margarethen Opera Festival, in a very unusual location: a quarry (采石场). They all take place in the open air under the stars,     9     (take) advantage of the quarry’s unique acoustics (音响效果).

Austria has a long and rich musical history, from folk songs and dances     10     classical symphonies and operas. The sounds of Austrian music are everywhere.

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Bringing National Treasures to Life

A cross-border cooperation mini concert held by six national treasures has gone viral overnight, touching the hearts of audiences around the world.

In the catchy music “Dala Bongba”, the six “big brothers” from the field of cultural relics sing proudly and skillfully, creating an exceptional scene. Among them, the most shining Changxin Palace lantern sings,     1    (hold) the torch and sending blessings to the aerospace rocket; the Sanxingdui bronze mask uses     2    (extreme) rich facial expressions to praise the beautiful life after poverty-relief efforts. The national treasures are no longer cold and distant objects     3    (house) in museums but lively and humorous entertainers who can sing and talk.

China has many museums in     4     the collections of cultural relics are beyond count. It would be a pity if so many cultural relics and cultural heritages were only displayed in museum cabinets,     5    (life) and cold. Aimed at “bringing life to the national treasures”, scientific and technological innovations     6    (integrate) with cultural conservation in the past few years.

The technology that     7    (make) these cultural relics “talk” is not complicated; the difficulty lies in the     8    (inspire) of creativity. The creativity of this mini concert is     9     great success: it offers a Chinese way to preserve the world-wide cultural relics,     10     some extent.

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Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online influencers by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. Numerous netizens who have watched short videos of the students said that, thanks to them, they have gained a better understanding of    1    their parents developed a love for this art form. The students, mainly roommates in dormitory 416 at the Academy,    2    (know) on the internet as the “416 girls”. They have released a lot of videos of their singing on short-video platforms    3    2019.

Sometimes in the dormitory they wear Peking Opera makeup and    4    (costume) and make poses connected with the art form. They tell netizens how    5    (recognize) different schools of the operatic form. Over the past three years, the students have    6    (gradual) gained a large number of fans. Several months ago, the students wrote an original song based on a Peking Opera tune,    7    explains different roles in the art form.

Young people such as the “416 girls” have increased audience numbers for Peking Opera. Pan Yan, secretary-general of the China Performance Industry Association, said Peking Opera is such    8    unique art form that people can sense    9    (it) charm without having to understand it. Audiences experience the art form’s beauty by watching short explanatory videos, and they also imitate and spread news about Peking Opera after    10    (watch) video footage, Pan said.

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Ballet is a formal kind of dance performance with a rich and interesting history. The word “ballet” comes from the French language. Ballet’s early roots began in Italy in the late 1400s. But it was in France     1     ballet developed into the form we know today.

The French ruler Louis the Fourteenth had a big influence     2     the direction of ballet in its early history. He ruled France for seventy-two years,     3     (start) in 1643. He started dancing as a boy and worked hard daily.

Louis the Fourteenth turned ballet into a form of dance that reflected     4     (he) power and influence. Ballet’s many rules and     5     (extreme) detailed movements expressed a person’s power and social relations. The king made sure that ballet became     6     requirement for the people of his court. He was also the     7     (found) of the Royal Academy of Dance, an institution     8     important people could learn this art. The aim of this dance was self-control, order and perfection.

Ballet slowly changed from a dance at the king’s court to one     9     (perform) by professional dancers. When Louis the Fourteenth died in 1715, ballet     10     (bring) to other parts of Europe and was developing in other ways.

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The Chinese folk dance is a microcosm (缩影) of the country’s rich culture. The peacock dance is a     1     (tradition) folk dance of the Dai minority.

The Dai people are known for their dancing and singing skills. It’s said that more     2    a thousand years ago, the Dai minority’s head learned to dance through     3     (copy) the elegant gestures of the peacock. Afterwards, the dance     4     (promote) by later generations and spread widely. In     5    mind of the Dai people, the peacock is a symbol of happiness.

The dance movements are usually performed in a fixed order. The dance starts with a peacock flying out from     6     (it) nest and looking around cautiously. It     7     (wander) around the wild searching for food. Having had its fill, the peacock then goes to the river bank to bathe and play in the water. After that, it shakes the water drops off and combs its feathers. When     8     (compete) with other peacocks, it displays its beautiful tail to its rivals and its beloved. At the end of the dance, the peacock spreads out its wings and flies joyfully into the sky.

    9     (show) a lively peacock, dancers must use a range of hand movements and eye expressions. Their knees must be very flexible,     10    is a feature of the Dai dance.

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Israeli singer-songwriter Gilad Segev has devoted himself to an     1    (ambition) project to present different views of China through music, because of his love for the country. In June 2020, he launched Project 34, through     2     he will release a song for each of the 34 provincial-level regions in China every month.     3       (combine) Chinese music and global folk music, he     4     (post) 17 videos on social media platforms to date, gaining millions of views.

“My     5     (inspire) for the project was the great beauty I discovered in China’s culture, landscapes, and more importantly, the hearts of Chinese people.” says Segev. He calls     6    (he) a “passer-by”— a traveling artist who tells stories from his encounters with people from various cultures, through music.

Over the past decade, the award-winning musician has travelled to most of the 34 provincial-level regions, and plans to go to     7     rest when travel is not restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For each music video, he cooperates actively     8     a Chinese singer or musician, to include characteristics from their own home region. He and his team have listened extensively to various types of Chinese music     9    (figure) out what suitable elements can be used in his works. “I believe when all of our voices    10    (hear) together, true harmony can happen,” Segev says.