Today is Mary's birthday. Her parents have a birthday {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(聚会; 晚会) for her. At the party, she gets many {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(礼物). Her mother makes her a big cake. Her aunt {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(花费)$100 on a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(丝绸)scarf for her. Mary likes music, so her uncle gives her two CDs and a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(音乐会)ticket. Her friends also {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(选择)a lot of presents for her, like books, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(杂志)and a box of chocolates. Mary's grandfather doesn't come. But she {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(收到……来信)her grandfather. He says he will take her to visit China next week. It's great for her to get this {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(特别的)present. Today Mary has a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(高兴的)birthday and all her family and friends have a good time.

    Lang Lang was born in Shenyang. He is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (著名的) pianist now, In 2018, Lang Lang will have two concerts in China. Many people are planning to go there. Here is his {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (经历).

    When he was only three years old, he showed his {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (天赋) in playing the piano, At the age of five, he took part in a piano competition and won the first prize {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (当然). So his father took him to a piano school in Beijing and told him, "{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (假如) you don't work hard, your dream won't come true. "Lang Lang was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (善解人意的) and he was also hard-working and strict with {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (他自己). He went to America to get further study when he was only a small {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (青少年)， and from then on, he hardly went back home {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (除非) he was on vacation. Finally, he reached the top. Once Lang Lang told students in a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (会议), "Anyone can be successful as long as he puts his heart into it."