Go Skateboarding Day is celebrated every year on June 21. Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding a skateboard and performing tricks. The skateboarding event     1     (organize) by the international Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) is to make this activity more welcoming to everyone.

The IASC     2     (establish) Go Skateboarding Day back in 2004. It aims to make skateboarding a community event and bring people together. Through this event, the IASC also wants to encourage skateboarders to put all electronics aside. This day sees many events, competitions, workshops, and fundraisers being hosted across     3     globe. Go Skateboarding Day brings skaters together at their local spots     4     they perform and share tricks, learn from other professionals, or just enjoy     5    .

Go Skateboarding Day shows the benefits of skateboarding which makes a big     6     (contribute) to the abilities of     7     (individual). New York City remains an important centre for the celebration of Go Skateboarding Day     8     people going to the streets in the thousands.     9     you’re landing amazing tricks or are new to the sport, take your skateboard, helmet, and knee and elbow pads and celebrate Go Skateboarding Day! You     10     (definite)won’t regret being part of this super fun day.

A concert     1     (feature ) ancient China's Tang Dynasty poems was held in Philadelphia, on Friday night January 6 to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.

Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems, the 1.5-hour-long concert attracted more than 2,000audience and brought the Tang Dynasty to life with ancient poems reinterpreted by young international    2     (composer).

    3     concert, presented jointly by Suzhou International Young Artist Festival and the Philadelphia Orchestra, was also held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s historic 1973 tour of China.

Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping,     4     made remarks before the show, said, “The Philadelphia Orchestra     5     (become) one of the most popular foreign orchestras in China since the ensemble’s (乐团) trip to China. The stories between the Philadelphia Orchestra and     6     (it) Chinese partners showed that people to people exchange is a constant driving force for China-U. S. relations.”

    7     (found) in 1900, the orchestra was the first U S orchestra to perform in China Since then, it has     8     (frequent) visited the Asian country, serving     9     a bridge for bilateral cultural, educational and people-to-people exchanges. “The concert was marvelous, ”said Jennifer Lin, a local documentary director told Xinhua after the show. “The poetry was     10     (impress) .The singing was beautiful , and the orchestra was fantastic ”

It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, and the dinner table is already covered     1     white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes: chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the rich smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. Luo Yan’s son, Bofeng, happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather     2     (select) for him.

Six-year-old Bofeng has not seen his grandparents for almost a year, and he is full of joy and     3     (excite). Indeed, the whole family could not be happier to be together.     4     the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. Luo Yan and his wife and son have settled in the big city, far away from their hometown. Every year, they travel back for the Spring Festival, for their dream of “three generations under the same roof”.

The Luo family’s journey back to their hometown was a long and     5     (tire) one just a few years ago. However, the high-speed train has made it much     6     (convenient) for them to go back home. During the five-hour trip, they chatted excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home.

On their     7     (arrive), they find Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for them. Their home has been specially decorated for the joyous occasion. From the neat designs of the paper-cuttings on the windows, to the Spring Festival couplets on the door, and to the New Year paintings on the wall, everything represents joy, luck and happiness. Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope     8     nian nian you yu—yu means both “fish” and “plenty” in Chinese—”May you get more than you wish for every year”.

After dinner, the hours until midnight go slowly by. The whole family are going to stay up late on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. They gather around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala,     9     eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the new year. In the warmth and comfort of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. “I hope we won’t have to be separated again,” he says,     10     (look) at his ageing parents. “My parents are getting old, and we should spend more time with them. We’ll come back more frequently and we’re also considering taking them to the city to live with us. After all, home is where all family members are together.”

As midnight approaches, Luo Yan takes his parents, wife and son outside to set off firecrackers.The whole village is lit up with colourful fireworks. All over the country, people are celebrating their good fortune, celebrating their family’s togetherness, and celebrating their nation’s strength.