Li Wen is a 16-year-old boy. He works hard and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in school. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  they couldn't be at home to 1ook {#blank#}4{#/blank#} him. From then on. he became less interested in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to school and missed classes. Then his parents made a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  to send him to a boarding school. He was shy and had no friends. Life there was difficult for him. One day he told his teacher he wanted to{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  the school. His teacher called his parents md advised them to come back and talk with their son in person. Then his parents came back and had a talk with him. This {#blank#}8{#/blank#}changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him and they would be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} of everything good that he did. Now he is much{#blank#}10{#/blank#} and more outgoing than he used to be.

    Beijing opera is our national opera with a history of over 200 years. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. There are four {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou.

    Beijing Opera {#blank#}2{#/blank#} famous stories, beautiful facial(脸部的) paintings, wonderful gestures(手势) and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Then they find a way to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.

    Beijing opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China, it used to be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with old people, while young people didn't like it very much. However, more and more young people, and even some foreigners, are becoming interested in it nowadays.

— No, I don't. But I have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} storybooks.