Every culture in the world celebrates festivals. Festivals around the world not only have     1     wide range of origins but also have different customs. The harvest festival,     2     takes place after all the crops have been gathered in, can be found in almost every culture. People celebrate it     3     (show) their gratitude to the year’s supply of food. But the     4     (celebrate) vary from country to country.

In ancient Egypt, it     5     (feature) a parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports during springtime. During the Mid－Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the     6     (shine) moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.

Customs change with the     7     (develop) of modern society. In China, many big cities     8     (give) up the custom of lighting firecrackers in order to avoid air pollution. Nowadays, businesses take advantage of the celebrations and make festivals commercial. Although some are     9     it, others believe the increase in spending is good for the economy and public happiness.

Festivals reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and attitudes towards life. If you study festivals     10     (careful), you may be surprised to find that different cultures actually have a lot in common after all.

The tea that     1     (delight)the world for thousands of years has finally received global     2     (recognize) as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.

Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China, including tea gardens, picking of tea leaves, the processing, drinking and sharing of tea,     3     (add) to UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity last month.

In China, traditional tea processing techniques are     4     (close) related to geographical location and natural environment,     5     results in a distribution range between 18°－37°N and 94°－122°E, that is, the provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui and other areas in South China. Associated social practices, however, are spread throughout the country     6     shared by many ethnic groups.

Over 2,000 tea     7     (variety), mainly in six categories—green, black yellow, oolong, white and dark—are grown in China. A lot of key processing skills are involved before it is ready for service.

The ancient Silk Road and trade routes brought tea to the whole world.     8     (serve) on different occasions and used as an important tool for communication, tea is everywhere on the globe today. “Practices of greeting guests     9     tea and building good relationships within families and neighbors through tea-related activities are shared among many ethnic groups, and provide     10     sense of belonging, ” tea culture researchers said.