Country western music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Country western music is a mixture of music from all of these places.

In the west of America, cowboys had to _______ the cattle（牛）. They had to watch them all day and all night _______ the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was in the desert with cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay _______. He also sang songs to calm them. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep.

In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland, and England. They played their own kind of music. They also brought instruments _______ their homes. They used guitars, violins, and harmonicas（口琴）, too. When they visited their friends and families, they usually sang together.

Country western music describes _______. It talks about love, jobs, home, and money. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and _______. People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Many country western music fans wear western clothes and dance together. Many bands all over the world now perform country western music.

Guangdong Lion Dance is a mix of dance, music and kung fu. It was added to the national intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）________   in 2016. Cute lion heads, gongs（锣）and drums, an excited crowd—these are all parts of the lion ________ you often see during Chinese holidays or at the openings of new shops.

Ancient Chinese people thought of the lion ________ a symbol of braveness（勇敢）. It can drive away scary things and bring ________ luck. As one of the most famous folk dances in China, the lion dance has been ________ for more than 2, 000 years.

Wang Rentao, who is 41 years old, has performed the lion dance for 28 years. He was born in a ________ in which the lion dance is a tradition. When he was young, he often watched villagers perform it ________. Now, Wang is in control of his village’s lion dance group. He feels ________ of its achievements. “We’ve ________ many prizes and taken part in many important events. The events included the celebration of the seventieth birthday of New China at Tian’anmen Square, ”Wang said ________.

The lion dance is popular not only in China but also in Chinese communities outside China. Many Chinese living abroad agree that the lion dance reminds them of the culture of their homeland.

II Divo

II Divo is a band (乐队）in the UK. It’s famous on television shows such as Britain’s Got Talent. There are _____ people in the band. They are Carlos Marin, Urs Biihler, Sebastien Izambard and David Miller. It’s one of the most   ____ bands these years.

People all around the world _____ II Divo’s songs. And they are popular with people ____   all ages. You can ______both young and old people in their concerts (音乐会). You can relax your mind and body by listening to their music, ______it’s enjoyable to listen to it after a busy day.

As for me, I ______like listening to their music. I think their music is very beautiful and peaceful (平静的).The first song I listened to by II Divo was Pour Que Tu M Aimes Encore.   ____ sang it in French.

How _____ it sounded! Mama is one of my favorite songs. It is a sad song, and it is wonderful. I ____ to hear their new album (专辑) soon.