Chinese people    1    (celebrate) the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi    2    (shoot ) down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever    3    ( drink) this could live forever, and Hou Yi    4    ( plan) to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Peng Meng, tried    5    (steal) the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and    6    (fly) up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he    7    ( see) his wife there. He quickly    8    (lay) out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e    9    (come ) back!

After this, people started the tradition of    10    (admire) the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some     1     (传统习俗) are fairly similar from country to country: cakes,     2     (蜡烛), birthday wishes and birthday games. Other customs are not     3     (确切地) the same. Here are a few.

In Argentina, a girl’s     4     (第十五) birthday is quite special. Some parents hold a party for their child     5     (度过) the wonderful day. Girls usually dance the waltz first with their father, and then the boys at the party.

In China, friends and relatives are     6     (邀请) to lunch and noodles are served to wish the birthday child a long life. And some parents may give their child a big     7     (惊喜), like his or her favorite toys.

As for the     8     (印度的) children, they wear white to school. However,     9     (每当) their birthdays come, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to classmates.

In Japan, the birthday child wears new clothes to mark the occasion. Certain birthdays are much     10     (更重要的) than others and these are celebrated with a visit to the local shrine. These are the third and seventh birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys.

【推荐3】Everyone wants to have a     1     (wonder) New Year’s party, but do you know how to hold a     2     (succeed) party? OK, now let me tell you about planning your New Year’s party.

The     3     (one) step to any great party is the planning. Think about what kind of New Year’s party you want to have. Will this be an adults-only party? Will this be a     4     (dance), drinking or performance party? Will you invite all of the family     5     (member) for fun to the party? Will this be a party for teens? You have to think about who is     6     (come) to your party when you plan it so that you can make it fun for everyone! Once you have decided who you are inviting and what kind of party you are having, the fun     7     (start)!

Second, send     8     (you) New Year’s party invitations out early so that everyone you want to invite     9     (have) a lot of time to write back to you and you know how to plan for it.     10    , you can start your New Year’s party.

【推荐1】Huang Rongbing was born and grew up in Xunpu, Fujian Province. In the past, all the women     1     (have) long hair decorated with flowers there. The colorful and special headdress is known as zanhua. There is     2     old saying in Xunpu, “Put flowers in your hair in this life and you’ll also be pretty in the afterlife.”

In 2016, Huang and his older sister opened a salon called Xunpu Huami. Then     3     (tour) could have their hair done in zanhua style and get their photos taken. At first, only about 20 people visited. But things changed in 2022. With more than 100 customers every day, Huang finally turned the salon into a cultural center. It     4     (give) visitors the chance to put on the traditional clothes. Most of Huang’s customers are young women     5     they travel from different parts of the country to experience the village’s special culture.

Huang said women dressed themselves up with flowers not only for beauty, but also as a symbol of happiness. He was happy that more people were starting to learn the history and culture behind zanhua headwear.

Paper cutting is a kind of traditional Chinese art. It has a     1     history. The first and earliest paper cutting in China appeared about 1,500 years     2    . But this kind of traditional art is at the risk of disappearing now.

Luckily, Voyo Woo, a Chinese immigrant (移民) in America is trying     3     best to bring it back to life. One Saturday in 2014, Ms. Woo held a paper cutting show at a shopping centre near Washington. She hoped more people would enjoy and become interested in it.

Ms. Woo began to study the art of paper cutting when she was 14 in China. She had a deep love for it. So her teacher would like to     4     more time teaching her after class. Later, she     5     the second prize in a national painting and art competition because of her hard work. Ms. Woo went to America     6     she graduated from a college in 2008. Soon after that, she took part in     7     activity to promote (宣传) Chinese paper cutting. And then, she was invited to show the art in many important activities. “It is important to promote this kind of art to Americans or anyone who is     8     in it,” Woo said.

From the art of paper cutting, people can know more     9     Chinese cultural value, history and stories of people’s life. Ms. Woo uses it as a tool to show Chinese    10     to people. She thinks that Chinese culture should be enjoyed by people all over the world.