According to Zheng Jun, Qinqiang opera is similar {#blank#}1{#/blank#} rock' n 'roll in many ways, and the latter is therefore the modern day Qinqiang. Rock concerts,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} star the common people, take place by the city wall on a daily basis.

    Qinqiang opera {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) the “living fossil” of Chinese opera,the forefather of several   operas inChina.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (Spread) to Henan, it developed into Yu opera. Judging even by today's standards, Qinqiang opera counts as the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(early) Chinese rock music. The spirit of modern rock' n 'roll{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (seem) to come from it.

    The number of Qinqiang opera amateur {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(club) in Xi'an is uncertain. At places like the City Wall Park and the South gate, you can spot groups of people enjoying the opera. Known or unknown to the group, any Qinqiang lover is welcome to sing a piece {#blank#}8{#/blank#}justsit down and listen. The singer presents excellent voice and emotions while the audiences get {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(excite) by the tunes. Standing among {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they), you could feel the cultural pulse of this city.

    A man got lost while driving through a country. As he tried to read a map, he drove off the road into a ditch(沟渠) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (luckily). Though he wasn't injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud(泥). So the man had got to walk to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} nearby farm to ask for help.

  “Warwick can get your car out of that ditch,” said the farmer, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (point) to an old mule(骡). The man looked at the weak mu le and the farmer {#blank#}4{#/blank#} just stood there repeating, “Yep, old Warwick can do the job.” The man thought he had nothing to lose. Therefore, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} took the old man and Warwick to the ditch.

    The farmer hitched(套住) the mule to the car and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (shout), “Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!” And the mule pulled the car from the ditch {#blank#}7{#/blank#} very little effort.

The man was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (amaze). He thanked the farmer and asked, “Why did you call out all of those other names {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you called Warwick?” The farmer smiled and said, “Old Warwick is just about blind. Once he believes he's part of a team, he won't min d {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (pull).”

    Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat   preparing to cross a river {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he accidentally dropped his sword into the water. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( anxious) too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (immediate) took out a knife and made a notch（刻痕） on the side of the boat {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (get) his sword back. Shortly after the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (arrive) at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (spend) rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became {#blank#}9{#/blank#} well-known joke in China.

    Today the idiom {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (relate) to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.

    My grandfather is a{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (retire) worker. On summer evenings, we often sat together outside the house {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (enjoy) the cool air. It was the time that he told me lots of his experiences before liberation.

    When my grandfather was fourteen years old, he worked in a coal mine. One day, when he and his two workmates were working in the tunnel, an{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fortune) thing suddenly happened. A part of the tunnel fell down, and they were shut in it. They had no food {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(eat). When they were hungry, they only drank some water there. It was very cold in it. In order to keep warm, they hugged one another. In the darkness, they didn't know whether it was day{#blank#}5{#/blank#}night, they only felt they had stayed there for a very long time. They were too hungry to speak or move, and thought they{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(die). At last, the tunnel {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(dig) through. They were saved. They had been there for fourteen days! My grandfather said they weren't let out at once. If{#blank#}8{#/blank#}，they would have died. They were kept at the entrance to the tunnel {#blank#}9{#/blank#}it was very dim, and they were fed{#blank#}10{#/blank#}some thin porridge. After a day or two, they had recovered a bit, and they were helped out.