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We{#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#}English in class.

    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."

    Nowadays, many families keep a dog, a cat, a bird or a snake as a pet. Some c{#blank#}1{#/blank#}that live in big cities are very fond of keeping pets in the house, especially the old, because they always feel lonely at home. Thus, they can see the pets as their f{#blank#}2{#/blank#}members. Keeping pets around them is quite a good way for young parents to educate their children. What's more, pets can a{#blank#}3{#/blank#} look after the house when there's no one at home. Some of them even say that animals are as good as humans, and they should be r{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    However, others think that keeping pets is not good. They say that animals are noisy, dirty and dangerous. Taking the pets when taking public transport like buses is not so convenient, b{#blank#}5{#/blank#}other people might hate animals. They think some measures should be taken to stop people from keeping pets in cities and towns.

    I think that it depends on ourselves whether it's good to keep a pet or not. But if one keeps pets, he or she should wash pets r{#blank#}6{#/blank#}to keep them clean. In my opinion, pets are our good friends. Staying with pets, we shall enjoy happiness and feel relaxed. That is to say, keeping pets helps us to forget our u{#blank#}7{#/blank#}things for a moment. What's more, keeping pets lets us learn about life and death. We should love life.