Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musicians, is considered great not only because of his {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (achieve) but also because of his personalities.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bear) in a poor family in New Orleans in 1901, instead of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (commit) crimes to get money like some boys in his situation, Louis would sing on the streets in order to earn a few cents from {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (passer-by).However, at the age of 12, Louis was arrested because of firing a gun into the air at a New Year's Eve party. In a school of problem boys, he was taught to play drums and the trumpet, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} enabled him to find work related with music after he left the school.A well-known musician Joe “King” Oliver noticed Louis and began to teach him about jazz.When Oliver left New Orleans in 1917，Louis took {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his job in one of the best bands in town.

    After becoming famous, Louis would introduce his particular style of jazz to enthusiastic audiences while {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (travel) around the United States as well as Europe.Apart from being a famous jazz musician, he was also an unofficial goodwill ambassador who spoke {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (public) about the rights of black people in America. Despite the fact {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he became rich and famous, Louis Armstrong continued to live a simple live in a working-class neighbourhood.He continued playing and recording until July 6th, 1971, when he died in his sleep at his home in New York.He is still remembered as the most {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (distinguish) musician in the early history of jazz.

    The "One Belt One Road" strategy proposed by President Xi Jinping has drawn public attention to{#blank#}1{#/blank#} oldest and longest trade route—Silk Road. The term in a narrow sense refers to an ancient overland trade route{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(form) in the Western Han Dynasty. This route stretched 4,350 miles from Chang an to western China, central Asia, and even to Europe,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (enable) theses regions to have better communications in diplomacy, business and culture.

    China was the first country in the world to breed silkworms and produce silk fabric. This craft skill reached a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(fair) advanced level in the Zhou Dynasty. As a major export to Europe, "silk" was used to name this great route by a German geographer. China's silk{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(introduce) into western countries through this old trade route. People were{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(familiar) with his product at the beginning, and made many guesses at{#blank#}7{#/blank#}it was produced. According to the record, the idea that silk was picked from trees was widely accepted by folks in Europe.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(garment) made of this fabric were always best sellers, and were considered a social status symbol. Ever the gorgeous Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, was also a big fan of the silk. This fascination led to an increasing demand{#blank#}9{#/blank#} this product, and promoted the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(develop) of this trading route.

    Dragon Head Raising Day,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month, is one of the Chinese traditional festivals. As the proverb goes: “The dragon is awaked,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (raise) his head”. On this day, dragons, a prominent totem (图腾) in Chinese culture raise {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) heads with the sound of thunder. Around this time, the earth {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (burst) with life. Grass and trees are beginning to shoot up. In ancient China, people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pray) the dragon god beside a river or a lake for the precious spring rains to breed their crops.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition), food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of the dragon. For instance, wontons were called “dragon's eyes.” The special {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (food) usually eaten on this day include dragon's scales, popcorn and pig's head.

    In Shanxi, people get their hair {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new. In {#blank#}9{#/blank#} countryside in Hebei Province, people would fetch water from a well at dawn. It was believed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collector good harvest.

    Mr. Black offered his advice on {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (choose) a good school for Paul. The one at Caen was generally considered to be the best. So Paul decided to go to Caen. He said his goodbyes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (brave), for he was quite pleased that he was going to live in a place {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he would have some friends of his own. His mom was unhappy, however, she had to accept it because she knew that he must have a good education. Paul's sister quickly got used to being on her own, but she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (find) the house very quiet without him.

    When in 1984 I. M. Pei, then the most sought-after architect in America, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (present) his plans for a 70-foot glass pyramid in the 18th-century courtyard of the Louvre, the general{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(react) was anger. Because Mr. Pei was Chinese-American, he{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (apparent) had no under standing of the Louvre, or Paris, or France.

    However, these remarks did not annoy him. With quick enthusiasm and wide smiles, he took them. He had been asked to design {#blank#}4{#/blank#}new entrance for the museum and{#blank#}5{#/blank#} everyone's surprise, instead of adding on some concrete block, he had created a great welcoming space: put a winding staircase underground and capped it with a ray of light {#blank#}6{#/blank#}did not hurt the old facades(外墙).

    When he was a child, his imagination {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( shape) by his family's ancient gardens at Suzhou in Jiangsu. There, he would wander winding{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(path) through fantastic rocks towards pavilions (亭子), unconsciously {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (absorb) the beauty of the surroundings.

    Mr. Pei built a hotel complex at Fragrant Hill outside Beijing, after returning to China in 1974. He regarded this as a chance{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (bring) the Chinese away from their dull eastern European blocks and back to the domestic traditions they had lost.