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Festivals are celebrated in every culture. Every festival has    1    (it) different customs. However, no matter how different they may seem, all    2    the world, the spirit of sharing joy, love, or peace is common in all festivals.

Of all the    3    (tradition) festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. People celebrate to show that they are thankful    4    the year’s food. In ancient Egypt (埃及), the harvest festival    5    (celebrate) during the springtime. People sang, danced and played sports on the day. Today, in some European countries, people make churches and town halls look    6    (good) than usual by putting flowers and fruit, and getting together to celebrate over a meal. During    7    Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.

Customs play an important role in festivals,    8    sometimes they can change over time. With the    9    (develop) of modern society and the spread of new ideas, some traditions may pass away and others may be accepted. One example is the typical Chinese Spring Festival custom of lighting firecrackers (烟花) to drive    10    the ghosts and celebrate the new year. Nowadays, many big cities have given up this custom in order to avoid air pollution.

【推荐2】June 21st (or 22nd) is the summer solstice (夏至) for the northern hemisphere (北半球). The day has the longest daytime (白天) of the year. It is     1     special day for many people. In the old days, many people liked     2     do some fun things on that day. People also thought it     3     a time for love and growth. Now many places around the world have parties on that day. People sing     4     dance to celebrate. The great English writer, William Shakespeare, said that dreams on that night would come true later. So have great dreams on the summer solstice! If you live     5     the northern hemisphere, enjoy the day with the sun.

【推荐3】Jenny is my pen friend.Yesterday was her    1    (第十二)birthday.She came to China and she likes travelling in the natural world. On the first day,we got up very early and went to Tian’anmen Square.We stayed    2    (在….之中) thousands of people and waited to see the    3    （旗子）raising. On the following day, we    4    (继续) to visit.We visited the Great Wall.It is one of the great    5     (奇迹) in the world. When we got to the Great Wall ,it was very early in the morning. The sky was grey. We could see nothing and it was    6    (寂静的). Half an hour later, the sun rose and     7     (照耀) on the Great Wall. Jenny was so excited that she began to run on the Great Wall.    8    （几乎，差不多） thousands of men died when they built it. The Great Wall was made not only of stones, but millions of lives.We remained on the Great Wall for two hours. For her, the Great Wall is the place of interest not only to the Chinese people, but also to    9     (任何人) all over the world. We really enjoyed    10    (我们自己).
It was an unforgettable trip.

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Do you know “Action English”? I’d like to recommend(推荐) the     1     interesting and useful English programme to you. It is     2     English teaching programme on CCTV-8. Anyone who has ever watched it would say it is really great. The hosts(主持人) are really excellent.     3     excellent spoken English, interesting hosting styles(风格) and natural expressions(表情) are great. You should     4     from them. Why not try this programme? It’s a wonderful thing to learn English while you are enjoying excellent movies and     5     to wonderful music. The most important thing is that you can learn American English from it. And you can use one or two sentences     6     day.

The programme     7     at 7:00 pm every day. It is about 20 minutes     8     each time. It wants to help English learners to     9     their English and learn different cultures. It has four parts. If you have no free time to watch the programme at that time, books on “Action English” are also on sale in bookshops.

I think it is necessary     10     an English learner to watch “Action English” every day.

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The reality show (真人秀) is a kind of television program.     1     (usual), a reality show has many series (系列节目). And it can show     2     TV for many years. The reality show is quite     3     (difference) from other kinds of TV shows.     4     it shows the life of common people, and there are no actors or     5     (actress) playing in it. It often shows some true stories and all the shows happen in     6     (people) daily life. So many people enjoy watching reality shows. The first reality show     7     (appear) in the 1990s in America. At that time, the     8     (famous) and popular reality show was Survivor. It was popular around the world. Reality shows also show many kinds of competitions. For example, there is a Chinese reality show called Singer. In this show, there are four Chinese singers.     9     (they) job is to find the best singer and help them be the winner. The show is very popular. Lots of people like to watch it.

    10    , some people don’t like to watch reality shows. They think the stories in the shows are made up.