Learning to play an instrument can be one of the most exciting ways to spend your free time. There are many different kinds of instruments to choose from: guitar, piano, violin … There is always one that's right for you. The following may help you make it.

    Make a choice (选择).

    First, you need to choose an instrument that you would like to learn to play.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} This may be the kind of music that you also enjoy listening to.

    Get your instrument.

    When you finish choosing your instrument, you need to buy it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Some schools will lend students instruments. Or you can buy a second-hand instrument and it's usually much cheaper.

    Get ready to learn.

    After you get your instrument, you should then make a learning plan. You can have personal(个人的) lessons with a music teacher or go to a music school. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Play for others.

    After you learned to play a song for some time, you should start playing for others. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Then you can try to play for larger groups of people.

    Keep going.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Keep learning as much as you can and practice often. As you learn more, you will get better and better.

A. You can also choose to learn on your own.

B. If it is very expensive, you can borrow one.

C. It is a good idea to start with your family or friends.

D. To become a good musician, you have to keep playing.

E. You could also think about the kind of music you'd like to play.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Don't go straight to bed after studying in the evening. Do something else, such as walking or getting exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When I am going to choose where to go, I feel very difficult, although there are too many wonderful places for choosing. My children are too young. I usually leave my children with my parents, but they complain all the time for they would like to go with us.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} My child always goes online even during dinner time. 1 know he is playing computer games. The problem is becoming serious these days. I'm very worried about him. It makes me unhappy because his interest in computer games is growing day by day.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Sometimes I have to work overtime, I go back home at mid-night and feel very tired. Since we are so busy, I send my child to a lodging school（寄宿学校）and pick him up for the weekend.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} My job as a model makes me lose weight and keep it, but it is a hardship for me, I cannot refuse the temptation（引诱）of the food; as many people, overeating is in my way of losing weight.

    When my friend first arrived in Australia, he saw an old man selling some cheap goods(商品) in the street of Sydney. The old man was one of the poor people in Sydney and in fact there was no difference between them and beggars(乞丐). Most of them were some lonely old people. My friend was a kind hearted man, so he quickly gave some money to him. The old man asked him to pick some goods from him. My friend had no interest in those goods, so he left without choosing. But the old man followed him all the way.

    At first, my friend didn't think a lot, just thinking he would go home. But then when he went very far and saw the old man still following him, he was a little angry, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted more money. My friend turned back and told him with sign language(手语) not to follow him because he didn't have much money.

    But the old man seemed not to understand, speaking something unknown and still following him. My friend happened to meet his Australian friend in the street. Hearing his story, his friend turned to ask why the old man was following his friend. The old man was out of breath, "My son, you gave me money, but you didn't want my things, so I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not familiar(熟悉) with our city. I just want to follow you and show you the way. All I can do for you is this..."My friend was surprised. He said he didn't know why, but he felt the old man was just like his father, nice and warm.

A.       B.       C.

D.           E.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}⑴This is my room. There are many things in it. My room is clean and tidy. I love it.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}⑵Look! Here is a photo of my family. They are my parents and my two brothers. I am in the photo, too.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}⑶Hi! My name is Paul. I'm very busy every day. I go to school from Monday to Friday. My favorite subject is music. I often listen to music on Saturday and Sunday.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}⑷Cindy is a fan of vegetables and fruit, like strawberries, bananas, carrots and more. They're really healthy.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}⑸We have some interesting things this term. On October 18th, we have a soccer game.