The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show is a traditional event     1     takes place every year in Songjiang District of Shanghai. Lantern shows can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. Later after the Ming Dynasty, such events became a     2     (culture) fixture in Shanghai.     3     all the lantern shows in Shanghai, the one in the Yuyuan Garden is    4     (general) considered to be the most attractive.

Today, the Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show has three distinct features. One is that every year, there are lanterns     5     (make)in the shape of the animal of the Chinese zodiac for that year. The second feature is a large group of themed lanterns that interpret traditional Chinese culture     6     lantern culture. The third one is the mixture of modern technology and traditional craftsmanship, as well as the use of multimedia,     7     (bring) the light show to a next level.

With the     8     (combine) of traditional lantern displays and modern technologies, as well as     9     abundance of distinct Chinese elements, the lantern show     10     (carry) on celebrations for the traditional Chinese New Year and sends blessings for the coming year.

The 2022 Shanghai Book Fair took place at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from Nov 18 to 22,     1     some 120 publishers presented more than 20,000 books and about 100 reading activities were held online and on-site.

The book fair has taken place     2     (annual) since its launch in 2004, except for 2021, when the event was canceled because of COVID-19.

The festival was delayed     3     three months this year due to the ongoing pandemic.

“People tell me that every year when the Shanghai Book Fair opens, they feel as if they are hearing alarm clocks ringing,     4     (remind) them about the importance and     5     (benefit) of reading,” says Xu Jiong, head of the municipal bureau for press and publication. “Reading has taken many new forms today,     6     even so, every August people in Shanghai still look forward to the book fair.”

    7     annual celebration of reading has become the city’s most anticipated event for publishers and readers alike. Since the pandemic, many events     8     (hold) online, but face-to-face     9     (communicate) has nevertheless been irreplaceable, Xu adds.

Kan Ninghui, president of the Shanghai Century Publishing Group, says although this year’s book fair was     10     (small) in scale than usual, the event’s core value—promoting good books and quality publication—remained uncompromised.

Every year on October 9, Leif Erikson Day     1     (celebrate) in the U.S. Leif Erikson is a Norse adventurer from Iceland,     2     is believed to have settled in America hundreds of years even before Christopher Columbus.

According to legend, there are two different     3     (story) that describe how Erikson supposedly first discovered America. One says that America was found     4     accident after Erikson’s route went wrong. The other one, however, states that the discovery was part of the plan. Many believe that the former is what     5     (actual) happened, and that America was accidentally found by the     6    (explore).

It’s believed by historians and scholars that after     7     (arrive) in North America just in time for winter, Erikson’s team settled in and     8     (enjoy) the milder conditions. However, Native Americans were not pleased about their visit, and drove many of     9    (they) back to Greenland.

While Erikson died about a thousand years ago, his legend lives on. Erikson finally got his day in 1964, when October 9 was selected as national holiday to celebrate     10     country’s Nordic-American heritage.