When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance. The arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, 【小题1】 not important. Too often it 【小题2】 (view) as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority. This view is short-sighted. In fact, music education is 【小题3】 (benefit) and important for all students. Science and technology do not tell us 【小题4】 it means to be human. The arts do.

Lion dance is very popular in China. As a well-known folk activity【小题1】 is traditionally believed to bring prosperity and good luck, lion dance is often seen performed at festive occasions. Accompanied by the sound of beating drums, dancers 【小题2】 (dress) up in lion costumes jump back and forth, showing stunning Kung Fu and acrobatic(杂技的) skills. Crowds bursting into applause in response to the performance of this special kind of dancing always help create 【小题3】 festive atmosphere that fills the air.

In the 1990s, high-pole lion dancing 【小题4】 (introduce) and promoted in Nanhai of Foshan City. Different 【小题5】traditional lion dancing, it has its own unique rules. 【小题6】 (performer) do not jump around on the ground but on poles ranging between one to three meters high. Besides, the space between poles also 【小题7】 (vary). The poles are often set up where dancers’ skills could be showed while at the same time the audience can enjoy a safe【小题8】 satisfying watching experience. It’s not easy【小题9】 (balance)well while performing the dance of a fierce lion so 【小题10】 (active) on poles. That’s why compared with the traditional one, the high-pole lion dance is more challenging and dangerous.

Country music, 【小题1】 grew out of such music types as the blues and folk music, 【小题2】(become) popular in the south of America in the 1940s and then spread across the nation. The【小题3】(musician) use many similar instruments. The tunes are easy to sing, and the lyrics often leave you deep in【小题4】(think). Not only are most of the songs about hardship and heartbreak, but also they are about hope. Country music shows the 【小题5】(peace) green fields and simple life of the countryside.