There are all kinds of     1    (festival)throughout the world，festivals to satisfy and please the ancestors，to honour some famous people    2     important events，and to express people’s gratitude to the God for bringing them a year of plenty.For example，Japanese observe Obon,when people go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.     3    India，October 2 is a national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi，who helped India become an    4    (depend) country.And in China the Spring Festival,    5    is celebrated in January or February，is the    6    (much)energetic and important because it is a festival that    7    (look) forward to the coming of spring.Why are all these festivals everywhere？Because during the festivals，people can get together     8    ( eat)，drink and have fun with each other,    9    (forget) all the     10    (day) struggles and demands for a while.

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture(雕塑品) Festival is Harbin’s main tourist highlight every year. It     1    (become) the world’s biggest winter festival so far.     2     makes the Harbin festival special are the scale and size of the sculptures and the beautiful lighting. It is bigger than the ones in Japan, Norway, and Canada.

At first, mainly the Chinese took part, but now it is an international festival and     3    (compete). As the festival grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps     4    (increase). The work of making these exhibits is     5    (astonish), and their size and beauty are amazing.

The festival is     6    (official) held from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and closing dates partly depend     7     the weather. More than 1,000 ice sculptures are on show such as ice lanterns, magical figures and animals that     8    (love) by children. It is mostly an ice world     9    (aim) at kids. There are interesting activities kids may enjoy, like ice skating. If you are planning a Harbin tour, please attend     10     wonderful festival.

The Legend(传奇) of the White Snake is a famous tale among     1    (folk) in ancient China. It has since been presented in a number of major Chinese operas，films and television series. The earliest attempt to record the story     2         printed form appears in Feng Menglong's Stories to Caution the World.

The legend happened near the West Lake of Hangzhou. Visitors     3         admire this beautiful spot may still remember the story. More     4    (important)，a huge number of ancient traditional customs       5    (keep) in this legend have made it one of the oral heritages (遗产) containing the most abundant folk customs in China. And the story     6     (count) as one of China's Four Great Folktales now，the others       7    (be) Lady Meng Jiang，Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai，and The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid.

The Legend of the White Snake is handed down from generation to generation through     8    (variety) ways until now. It is so classical that there has been more than one     9    (adapt) and performance. This tale has become a symbol of Chinese folk literature and has earned     10     international recognition.