Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of ________ pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life, he wrote nearly 300 songs and ________ opera.

Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. His father died before he was born. Xian moved from place ________ place with his mother. He began leaning to play the violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was very old and cheap. So he ________ play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop practising and soon showed his talents. In 1934, he studied in a special music school in Paris. He was one of the first Chinese students to go there. Before he left Xian became the ________ best student and won several prizes for his talents. In 1935, he ________ to China and helped fight against the Japanese army (军队). ________, he came to Yan’an to teach music at a college. ________ there were no pianos in Yan’an at that time, Xian still wrote some of his most important music there.

In May 1940, the Chinese Communist Party sent Xian to the Soviet Union ________ music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very hard. Xian got sick and died on 30th October 1945, aged only 40. However, he gave ________ the wonderful music. And we will remember Xian.

Confucius was born on August 27th, 551 B.C. in China. He was_______great teacher at that time. Confucius is also_______as Kong Qiu. It is generally thought that he was born into a rich family._______, some people describe him as being born poor.

Confucius’_______were based on the concept of self-discipline（自律）. He believed that a leader needed to exercise self-discipline. His_______ideas focused on the “Six Art”. To Confucius, the main goal of being a teacher was to teach people_______with honesty. Through his teaching, he made a big difference in that society.

Confucius is famous_______writing. He wrote some of the most famous traditional Chinese works, and one of_______isThe Spring and Autumn Annals（《春秋》）. Confucius also wroteThe Analects of Confucius（《论语》）. It was so important in Chinese culture_______everyone in China knew it.

Confucius died on November 21st, 479 B.C. in Qufu, China. Today he is________regarded as one of the greatest teachers in Chinese history.

Torbjorn Pedersen is a Danish traveler and he just finished a trip around the world. Torbjorn spent nearly 10 years visiting every country in the world and he did it all without flying.

Torbjorn started his journey in Copenhagen, Denmark _________ a sunny morning of October 10th, 2013. He made a few rules for his trip. One of the _________ is no flying, no matter how difficult it is! He _________ that he could live on about $20 a day, and finish his trip in about four years. But it took him far longer.

Torbjorn had many difficult experiences (经历) . He was once held at gunpoint (枪口) and thought he would die. _________ he also had many good experiences. Torbjorn says that one reason he didn’t give up was _________ help he got from people all over the world. “You _________ have to try 1,000 closed doors,” he says, “but there is always an open door _________ . Never ever give up.”

Finally, in May, Torbjorn arrived in Maldives (马尔代夫) , the last country on his list. On July 26th, Torbjorn arrived back in Denmark after a _________ boat ride. He says he’s looking forward to some _________ time to think about his trip. After that, he plans _________ a book and share what he learned in his trip around the world. He expects that people can get something from what he’s experienced.