It’s lucky that Mid-Autumn Festival fell on the same day as Teachers’ Day this year.     1    , we couldn’t go to school. We stayed at home     2     of the COVID-19 pandemic (疫情) in Chengdu.

Although the situation is very     3    , our class decided to hold an online evening party. We came up with some creative ideas for the     4    . One of them was to make a     5     of our classmates’ best wishes for our teachers. Every student took part actively in the video. I called up our teachers one by one and sent out the invitations online. The key thing for the online event was the technical (技术的) part.     6    , the father of one of our classmates helped us.     7     provided us with a livestream room. We also invited our classmates     8     perform and show talents. When the party started, we watched many students     9     musical instruments like the erhu, piano, pipa and so on. Mooncakes are a must for the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the livestream show, we     10     many families sit together in front of the screen while eating the mooncakes. Everyone looked so happy!

【推荐2】Halloween is a strange holiday. It started several     1    (century) ago in Europe. At that time, November 1st was called “All Saints' Day”(万圣日). People believed     2     all the spirits(灵魂) of dead people were active     3     the night of October 31st. So people would play all kinds of tricks on each other.

Black is one of the     4    (tradition) Halloween colours, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. Pumpkin is     5     symbol of Halloween, so orange     6    (become) the other traditional Halloween colour. Making lanterns out of pumpkins     7     a Halloween custom.

Halloween is great fun for children. They dress up as ghosts(鬼) or witches(女巫). Small children go “Trick­or­Treating”. They wear costurnes, knock on doors     8     shout “Trick or Treat！” People almost always choose     9     (give) them candy as a treat, instead of     10     (choose) to receive a trick from the children. Adults sometimes “trick or treat” their friends, too. Usually the “treat” is a glass of wine or some small gifts.