Wearing a traditional Chinese qipao, conductor Nucrbana Yiming’s 【小题1】 (perform) has received thunderous applause from the audience at the Chinese Lunar New Year concert in Urumqi. A 35-year-old performer from Xinjiang, often known as Bana, is the only female conductor at the Xinjiang Art Theater so far. Her passion 【小题2】 music came from her family: her father was a clarinetist (单簧管手). 【小题3】 (influence) by her father, she started her violin and piano training at the age of eight.

In 2004, she 【小题4】 (admit) into the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan to study as a conductor. “Every day I 【小题5】 (carry) thousands of pages of music sheets from my dorm to the classroom. I needed to memorize them 【小题6】 a really short time,” she recalled. “Sometimes I questioned myself and wondered 【小题7】 it was better for me to be a street vendor (街头小贩).” 【小题8】 (fortunate), all her efforts paid 【小题9】 in the end.

Before her graduation in 2009, she received an offer from the Xinjiang Art Theater. Bana has a deep understanding of her role in the theater: she considers herself as a bridge 【小题10】 connects professions, Xinjiang folk music, modern instruments and the world. “My job is to integrate the music knowledge and the concepts I’ve learned abroad into each show of our folk orchestra,” she said.

With time【小题1】 (go) by, styles in Western art have changed a lot. During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was 【小题2】 (represent) religious themes. But it was 【小题3】 (evidence) that ideas changed when painters began to paint in a more realistic way. People in the Renaissance adopted a more humanistic attitude 【小题4】 life. During this period, rich people 【小题5】 (pay) famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and possessions as well as their 【小题6】 (activity) and achievements. By coincidence, oil paints were also developed. From the late 19th century, the Impressionists 【小题7】paintings were thought ridiculous drew 【小题8】 (quick) to show how light and shadow fell on objects. Today, they 【小题9】 (accept) as the beginning of modern art. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract, but on【小题10】 other hand, some is realistic. It is not easy to predict the painting styles in the future.

Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. “Up to now, nobody 【小题1】(be) able to create laughter like Charlie Chaplin. He brightened the lives of millions through two world wars 【小题2】 the hard years in between. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could forget their difficulties.

Charlie Chaplin was born in London in 1889. His parents were music hall 【小题3】(performer), and he first appeared on the stage in 【小题4】 dance show at the age of eight. He was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance. Such training was common in acting families at that time, 【小题5】(especial) when the family income was often uncertain. Unfortunately, his father died, 【小题6】(leave) the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humor, gained great 【小题7】(popular) in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored 【小题8】 watching him – his subtle(细微的) acting made everything entertaining.

Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and produced the films he starred in. In 1972, he 【小题9】(award) a special Academy Honor, for his contributions to the film industry. He lived in England and the USA, but spent his last years in Switzerland, 【小题10】 he died in 1977. He is loved and remembered as a great actor who inspired people during dark times.