As a general rule, a band may start as a group of high-school students {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (share) the same interest in music. They may first practise their music in someone's house. And then the musicians may get the chance to give {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (perform) in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid {#blank#}3{#/blank#} cash. As time goes by, they gradually become known to the audience and some even make records!

    The Monkees,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, started in a different way. Of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(it) four members, only one was good enough and the other three just pretended {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (sing) during the broadcasts. To be honest, it couldn't {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) a real band in the beginning. Anyhow, they succeeded and became so popular {#blank#}8{#/blank#} their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fortunate), the Monkees broke up about 1970. But they reunited in the mid-1980s and produced a new record in 1996,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} was to celebrate their former happy time.

Dear Dr. Fang

    I am writing to ask for some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (suggest) about my 15-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost anything his mother and I ask him to do. He is also rude to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} grandparents. I don't like the way {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he treats the family members.

    Recently, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(refuse) to do his homework, and instead insists on {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (spend) his time watching DVDs and listening to music. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games {#blank#}6{#/blank#}chats on the Internet. He is wasting {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (value) time during this important period in his life!

    What am I to do? {#blank#}8{#/blank#}present, to prevent upsetting his mother with {#blank#}9{#/blank#} argument, I am allowing him his freedom. How can I help my son {#blank#}10{#/blank#} harming our relationships?

Best regards

Liu Zhen

    Mary will ever forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (buy) the school, and the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.

    For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(please), because there were many empty seats in the room .But she quickly realized that it wasn't for her, it was probably the fact that she sat in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} last row.

    But if he thought he could escape attention by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(sit) at the back, he was wrong. It might have made it a little harder for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn't stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turn to look at him, they had to look at Mary, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}made her feel like a star.

    “Do you need those glasses for medical {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (reason)?” the teacher asked .The new boy shook his head. "Then I'd appreciate{#blank#}8{#/blank#} if you didn't wear them in class .I like to look at your eyes when I'm speaking to you." The new boy looked at the teacher for a few seconds and all the other students wondered {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the boy would do .Then he took them off, gave a big smile{#blank#}10{#/blank#} said "That is cool."

    Spending my childhood at the farm is a truly unforgettable experience so far. The life {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I led there with my parents was full of attraction, and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is memory of it yet. I can call back the scenes of sunsets, the mystery of deep forests, the early smells, the faint odors(味道)of wild flowers, the shiny appearance of rain-washed leaves, the gentle sounds of drops when winds {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (shake) the trees, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the far-off drumming of wood long-tailed birds in the distance of the forests, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} disturbed wild creatures were seen to move through the grass quickly--I can call it all back and make it as real {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it ever was. I can call back the grasslands, and its {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lonely) and peace, and a huge eagle hanging still in the sky, with his wings spread {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (wide) in the blue sky. I can see the woods in their autumn dress, the oak purple, the hickories(山核桃)washed with gold and the maples shining with crimson (深红的)fires, and I can hear the rustle made by the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fall) leaves as we walked through them. I can see the blue bunches of wild grapes hanging {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the leaves, and I remember the taste of them and the smell.

    There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as {#blank#}1{#/blank#} separate area of activity. Many artists, however, would prove {#blank#}2{#/blank#} there has always been a warm relationship between the a warm relationship areas of human activity. For example, in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were especially close. Artists {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (invite) to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired by the work of contemporary painters. Of the musical compositions as responses to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

    Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartman. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann's unexpected death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasov, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} decided to told an exhibition of Hartmann's work, suggested that Mussorgsky {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (try) to relieve his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.

    The exhibition served as Mussorgsky's inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (intend) as symbols rather than representation of the paintings in the exhibition. Between each is a promenade (舞曲中 行进), as the composer walks from one painting to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} The music is sometimes witty and playful, sometimes almost alarming and frightening. Thought a range of surprising contrasts, Mussorgsky manages {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (convey) the spirit of the artist and his work.