In ancient times, the drum was    1    (wide) used in China such as in hunting and agricultural activities. The drum as a musical instrument    2    (begin) in the Zhou Dynasty. The cultural meaning of the drum is broad and profound,    3    the loud and great drum sound closely accompanies human beings.

From the original pottery (陶器) drums, earthen drums, leather drums, and metal drums,    4    a wide range of modern drums, the drum is one of the    5    (popular) musical instruments. It    6    (believe) that the earliest drums should be used by the ancient ancestors. And unearthed pottery drums proved that    7    (date) back to seven thousand years ago in the early Neolithic, pottery drums had already begun. Pottery drums are made of pottery clay into a drum frame(框架) and then covered with animal leather. In our country, the tradition of making pottery drums with tiles(瓦) as the frame had been followed for    8    long time. Then people used wood and other materials    9    (make) drums.

Nowadays, dozens of types of Chinese drums exist, including waist drums. The popularity of drum culture reflects the stability and    10    (develop). of Chinese society.

In 2017,Veronica Wirges and her husband were     1    (musician) and feared that they might be at the end of their music careers. Their performances had all broken up or finished and without any     2     (much) work in the future, they considered giving     3     their music careers forever.

Then Veronica had a small stroke of good luck, winning     4     radio contest from WFMC Jams. The prize? Two tickets to Bonnaroo, a music festival in Tennessee. The couple took part in the shows and spent extra time by     5     (do) business at one of the campgrounds. They were just hoping     6     (sell) a few of their remaining CDs but to their     7     (excite), they drew the attention of a writer     8     thought their story was     9     (attract) and put it on MTV.com.

That story led to much work and the couple     10     (start) an indie-pop band that they named Monster boy. They're now playing festivals of their own, including Austin's SXSW." Winning that contest was like fate（命运）had stepped in and pointed us back towards music," she says.