The Thanksgiving Day     1    (come), a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were     2    (thank) for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to thank for. But she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was surprised    3    the picture Douglas handed in——a smile childishly drawn hand.

But whose hand? The class     4    (puzzle) by the abstract image. “I think it     5    be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A    6    (farm),”said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas’ desk,     7    (ask) whose hand it was. “It's your hand, Teacher”, he answered.

She recalled that     8    (frequent) after class she had taken Douglas, a short lonely child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But     9    meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things     10    (give)to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival     1     (celebrate) in most East Asian countries, such as China and Korea. The festival     2     (take) place on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. In 2021 it’s on September 21th.

It is     3     second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year. To the Chinese, the festival means family reunion and peace. It is also called “the moon festival” as it is celebrated when the moon is believed to be the     4     (big) and fullest.

Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival     5     many traditional and meaningful activities, such as eating dinner with family, hanging lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, and worshipping the moon. Since 2008, the festival     6     (be) a 3-day public holiday in mainland China.

New celebrations have developed in recent years. The younger generations prefer     7     (travel), surfing the Internet, and using smart phone apps to celebrate with their families.

Mooncakes are the must-eat Mid-Autumn food in China. They are a kind of traditional Chinese pastry (糕点). Chinese people see in the roundness of mooncakes a symbol of reunion and     8     (happy). Other foods eaten during the festival are harvest foods, such as crabs, pumpkins and grapes. People enjoy them at their freshest and most nutritious.

Festival food traditions are also changing. The younger generations have     9     (they) own ideas about what should be eaten. Most of them don’t like mooncakes, and prefer to eat     10     they like.

A great fire has destroyed the old cathedral (大教堂) of Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) in Paris, one of the     1     (famous) landmarks of France.

Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral, watching the flames in silence. Some of them could be seen crying. Watching such a famous old building     2     (destroy) is extremely     3     (shock) to any French person.

No other site represents France like Notre Dame Cathedral,     4     receives almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is little more than a century old while Notre Dame Cathedral     5     (stand) tall above Paris since the 1200s. It has given     6     (it) name to one of the country’s literary masterpieces. Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (《钟表怪人》) is known     7     the French simply as Notre Dame de Paris.

The three large rose windows have been destroyed     8     the fire. Fortunately, the main structure,     9     (include) the two bell towers, has been saved. Also the most     10     (value) cultural relics have survived.

It is clear that April Fool's Day is one of most widely    1    (recognize) holidays in the Western world. Children play tricks on parents and many people    2    (fool).How did April Fool's Day begin, and how did it become an international phenomenon? Nobody    3     (real) knows.

There are quite a few historians who believe that the origin of April Fool's Day started much    4    (early) than 1852. Some have also connected April Fool's Day with festivals such as Hilaria,    5    was celebrated in ancient Rome. During the festival, people dressed up in disguise at the end of March. It's hard to say    6    this festival's similarity to modern April Fool's Day is    7     accident or not, as the first mention of April Fool's Day didn't appear until several hundred years later.

April Fool’s Day spread throughout Britain during the 18^th century. In Scotland, the tradition    8    (become) a two-day event long ago,    9    (statrt) with “hunting the gowk”(gowk is a word for cuckoo birds,a symbol for fools). People play tricks on others,such as sending others to do fake things and     10    (stick)“kick me”signs on the back of others.

Since 1972, more than 800 cultural sites that are thought to be of special importance to human history and culture    1    (add) to the World Heritage Site List. The Taj Mahal in India and the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China are two of the best known    2    (example).

The Taj Mahal,    3     was built between 1631 and 1648, is    4    (obvious) a masterpiece of architecture. It took more than 20, 000 workers and 1,000 elephants    5    (complete) the project. Building a Taj Mahal was a labour of love. It was built in memory of the emperor's beloved wife. If the Taj Mahal is a    6    (celebrate) of the heart, then the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are    7    monument to the mind and spirit.    8    (build) by several emperors between 1368 and 1915, the Imperial Tombs represent Chinese cultural and historical values.

Human life lasts only a short time    9    art and culture last forever. The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites programme attempts to preserve the best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties remind us    10    what we can achieve at our finest, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.