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    A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to play around{#blank#}1{#/blank#}every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play{#blank#}2{#/blank#}him.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer came to visit the tree every day. One day, the boy came back and picked all the apples on the tree and left {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(happy). The boy no longer came back {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he picked the apples. The tree was sad.

    One day, the boy{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (return) and the tree was so excited. “Come and play with me,” the tree said. But the boy cut all the branches off the tree{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (build) his house. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back again. The tree was again full of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sad).

    One hot summer day, the boy came and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. This time the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sail) and never showed up again. The tree was heartbroken,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the boy never knew.

    "If you're talking to me in a noisy restaurant and my nerve system is good at locking onto the sound of your voice, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} understand what you say better."

    The research at Northwestern University shows that {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (play) a musical instrument is good for your brain. And the brain remembers how to "lock onto" the important sounds, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, our ears may not work as well as we age, and that helps us to hear better.

    A scientist, living in France twenty years ago, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (write) about what he called the "Mozart Effect". He said that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} could be helpful to the brain when listening to the classical music of Mozart. Some researchers said that Mozart's music would make you much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (smart), or even have some health disorders {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (cure). Others said that there was nothing special about Mozart's music. Any kind of high energy music would work. So if the cost of a musical instrument or music lessons is too costly, can we get {#blank#}8{#/blank#} same brain experience just by listening?

    Usually people have teachers, or they can teach themselves music. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, the point is that they're actively playing a musical instrument and engaging in making music instead {#blank#}10{#/blank#} listening to music passively.

    Chinese communities around the world welcomed the Year of the Pig {#blank#}1{#/blank#} February 5th. Celebrations took place across the globe, ranging from Southeast Asia's centuries-old Chinese communities to the more recently {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (establish) Chinatowns. In the streets of several European {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (city), performances of dragon dances and lion dances drew huge crowds of people. Celebrations in London are expected {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (last) a month with series of activities, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is the biggest Chinese New Year celebration outside Asia.