(1)How {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  it was to hear that some pop stars would come to our town.

(2)The micro letter is used {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  in China. It has over 300 million users.
(3)— Mary, could you tell me who invented {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ?
— A team of scientists, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley.
(4)Do you know what the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  of the tower is? About twenty metres.
(5)We enjoyed {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  trip to the Statue of Liberty very much. What great fun we had!

    I' m David, a baby penguin (企鹅). It is snowing outside. I am staying{#blank#}1{#/blank#}my nest (~) and waiting for my parents. They went out yesterday to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}food for me. I feel so cold and hungry now because we don't have any food at all. In the last few years,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}developed the economy (发展经济), but they forgot the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    They cut many trees down and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} lots of factories. The{#blank#}6{#/blank#} from those factories soon changed the climate (改变气候). So it's harder for my parents to find food. What's worse,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} penguins died because of the climate change. But now, people in the world seem to know their mistakes (错误) and begin to do something to save the world. I think we can live a better life in the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}

    As a famous piano master, Paderewski was admired by many people. Wishing to make progress on the piano, one day, a boy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to a Paderewski's concert by his mother. After they were seated, the mother saw a friend and walked up to greet her, leaving the boy alone in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} seat.

    Catching the chance to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy stood up and finally made his way through a door {#blank#}3{#/blank#} was marked "No Admittance(进入)". Soon, the mother {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to her seat, she discovered that the child was missing.

    Suddently the lights focused on the piano on the stage. In surprise, the mother found her little boy sitting at the piano. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} knowing where he was, the boy was picking out Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star.

    At the moment, the great piano master appeared, moved to the piano {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, and whispered (耳语) in the boy's ear, "Don't stop. Keep playing." Then he sat down and added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young beginner changed an embarrassing situation into a wonderfully creative experience. It became one of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} parts of the whole concert that evening. The people were touched so much by the master and the mother was shocked. She believed that such an experience would make a big {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to her boy's life.

    In fact, that's the way it is in life. What we can do on our own is hardly unusual.

    We tried our best, but the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} aren't excatly smooth music like what we have expected. But when we trust in the hands of a greater power, our life's work can be truly beautiful.

    Next time, you set out {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great works, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the master, whispering in your ear, "Don't stop. Keep playing."