There are various festivals throughout the world, festivals to satisfy and please the     1     (ancestor), to honor some famous people or important events, and     2     (express) people’s thanks to the God     3     bringing them harvest. For example, in Mexico people observe the Day of the Dead in early November,     4     people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. In India, October 2 is     5     national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi who helped India become a(n)     6     (depend) country. And in China, the Spring Festival, which     7     (celebrate) in January or February, is the most     8     (energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring.     9     are there all these festivals? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other,     10     (forget) all the daily struggle and demands for a while.

Smiling

Smile is a universal language, which is widely used throughout the world.     1    , the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and     2    (amuse), but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:

In an attempt to be open and     3    (friend), people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other and this nonverbal communication shows being polite in the United States. But in China, smiling is not only    4    expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid     5    (laugh) at. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer (嘲笑). For example: When a child    6    (fall) off from a bike, the adults in China may smile,    7    is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

Related     8    the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different     9    (meaning) about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think    10    silly to laugh that way.

Chinese culture certainly has no shortage of    1     （symbol）of good fortune，many of them arising from wordplay or riddles. For example，fish in China are considered to be a symbol of luck in several ways. Since the Chinese pronunciation of fish is the same as    2     of another word meaning surplus，fish are often used as    3    sign of wealth or abundance. During the Spring Festival，a fish    4     （prepare）to represent the desire to always have something     5     （leave）over for the coming year. One can also often see carp（鲤鱼）in Asian artwork.

This fish is able to grow very old，therefore     6     （serve）as a symbol of longevity. It also represents unity since they often swim together in pairs. This explains     7     fish decorations are often given     8     a wedding gift to represent a perfect union.     9     （final），fish are also a symbol of fertility（生育能力）because of their     10     （able）to reproduce rapidly and in large volumes.