Chinese New Year,     1     starts on the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar （阴历），is considered as China's most important holiday. It     2     （know） as the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival starts at the beginning     3     the new moon. It often happens between January and February. It usually       4     （last） about one month until Lantern Festival （元宵节），which gives everyone plenty of time for celebration.

    5     （traditional） , red envelopes with money in are gifted during the Spring Festival celebrations. It's a custom which goes back to ancient times. However, when the tradition     6    （start） is unknown. Whatever the reason is, the red envelope is an important part of Chinese New Year to this day.

The firework is another big part of Chinese New Year. A     7     （write） shared the following story on a website. An old man saved a town from a terrible monster （怪兽）by throwing many     8     （bamboo） into the fire. The explosion caused by the bamboo frightened off the monster. As     9     result, Chinese people set off fireworks （爆竹）during Chinese New Year celebrations     10     （avoid） the evil spirits of the past.

Apart from the     1     (religion) festivals, people in the west also celebrate traditional festivals like Thanksgiving Day, which falls     2     the fourth Thursday of November. In 1620, a boat shipped a group of people     3     (call) pilgrims (清教徒) to the New World and they settled in     4     is now the state of Massachusetts. A few months     5    , they found that life was not easy as expected and many people died. Thanks to the native American Indians, they learned     6     to fish, hunt and grow crops. Having so much to be thankful for, a feast     7     (plan). This is the origin of Thanksgiving Day. The modern holiday of Thanksgiving comes from the efforts of Sarah,     8     is an American writer and editor. She not only gave speeches but also wrote letters to state governments as well as presidents and finally got Abraham Lincoln's     9     (permit). Today, Thanksgiving Day is a time for tradition and sharing. Certain kinds of food, such as turkeys, are     10     (tradition) served at Thanksgiving meals.

Mrs. John B Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of     1    “Father’s Day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day     2    (honor) her father William, whose wife died while     3    (give) birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in     4    (east) Washington state.    5    was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and     6     (selfless) her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. The first Father’s Day     7    (observe) on June 19,1910 in Washington. And it was in 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson     8    (official)declared the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all     9     act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored     10    Father’s Day.

More than 1,250 lit stalls（货摊）    1    （bright） the center of Thailand's capital city, providing a multicolored sight. The shelter,     2    is designed for thousands of traders and shoppers at Bangkok's night market, has become an    3    （attract） itself.

The market, which    4    （call） Train Night Market in English, was opened in January 2015 and has become    5    popular spot for locals and tourists. Software engineer Prasad Ambati visited the market and took photographs of the landscape from a nearby car park. "Those    6    （color） tents and people shopping, eating at stalls. and the flashing lights were great. The tents made me think of a giant painting. "

This is    7    （primary） a market that sells goods of yesteryear （往昔的）, old-fashioned    8    （collection） of clothes , motorbikes , and second-hand toys. There are also plenty of general market things for sale,         9    cheap clothes, shoes, bags, and other fashion items. But above all it's one of the best places for street food and open-air bars with live music frequently         10    （perform） all over.

The planet’s biggest shopping day has come and gone, and Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant(电商巨头), again showed the world how many mountains of stuff it could persuade people to buy in 24 hours.

Nov.11     1    （know）in China as Singles Day. This year, nearly $38.3 billion worth of merchandise was sold on Alibaba’s platforms,       2     (beat) last year’s $30.8 billion.The eye-popping number,     3     Alibaba manages to make even more eye-opening year after year, reflect the changing times since the company invented the retail even a decade ago.

China, has grown richer and     4    （digitally）connected. Alibaba has become     5     technology powerhouse. Along the way, the company has made a few famous friends. Its live-streamed evening gala in Shanghai     6    （feature）the singer Tayler Swift. Celebrities who     7    （proform）on the Singles Day stage in previous years include the model Miranda Kerr and the actors Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

    8     there is a tariff war     9    China and the US, Single Day shows Beijing’s       10    （willing）to welcome the whole world.