The World Read Aloud Day,     1     (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010, is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March and has now reached 65 countries.       2     (it) aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the     3     (benefit) of a book. The website asks everyone to celebrate the day by taking a book, finding     4     audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people.

Chinese New Year also    1    (know) as the Spring Festival, is the most important traditional festival in China. It is also the important celebration for family members who can have 7 days off.

    2    there are many interesting stories and legends    3    (explain) the start of the Chinese New Year Festival, the main reason for the festival is to celebrate a year of hard work, have a good rest and relax with family.

Chinese people believe that a good start of the year will lead    4    a lucky year. The Chinese    5    (tradition) celebrated the start of a new year of farm work and wished for    6    good harvest. This has now changed into celebrating the start of a new business year and wishing for profits and success in    7    (difference) vacations.

Chinese New Year is a time for family members to get together. Wherever they are, they will come home    8    (celebrate) the festival with their families. The New Year’s Eve dinner    9    (call) reunion dinner,    10    is considered as the most important meal of the year. Families of several generations sit around the tables, and enjoy the happy time.

Coffee is an essential part of people's daily life in the West, so is tea in China. One can see teahouses along the streets of China. The Chinese have such a close relationship with tea     1     they have developed an entire “Tea Culture”. Tea Culture     2     (include) articles, poems, and paintings about tea, as well as the art of making and drinking tea and various related     3     (custom).

Tea plays a significant role in Chinese social and emotional life. Always, a guest     4     (offer) a tea immediately upon entering a Chinese home. Serving a cup of tea is more than a matter of mere     5     (polite). It is a symbol of togetherness，a sharing of something enjoyable，and a way of showing respect to visitors. In some areas of China,     6     might be considered bad manners not to take at least a sip.

The Chinese attach great attention to their tea and     7     way they drink it. People have high requirements for the quality of the prepared tea leaf, the water they use     8     (make) tea and the wares they use to prepare and serve tea. Normally, the     9     (fine) tea is grown at altitudes of 3,000 to 7,000 feet. People select their water carefully. The Chinese emphasize（重视） water quality and water taste. Fine water must be pure, sweet, cool, clean, and     10     (flow). Water from good springs is considered best, as is rainwater from autumn and the rainy seasons.

The State Administration of Cultural Heritage （ SACH） will start a campaign,     1    will involve regular checks on protection efforts by local governments to prevent damage to the Great Wall. The SACH will open a special line for information about     2    （go） against laws and damage to the Great Wall from the public.

The Great Wall covers over 21,000 kilometres from Gansu Province to Hebei Province. According to SACH statistics, about 30 percent of a 6,200 - km section of the wall     3    （ build） in the Ming Dynasty has disappeared and less than 10 percent     4    （ be ） considered well - preserved. The Great Wall has faced threats     5    both nature and humans. Some     6    （ nature） phenomenon such as earthquakes, rain and wind have     7     （gradual） left the wall with many broken bricks.

Human     8    （ activity ） , such as irresponsible （不负责任的）development and agriculture near the wall, have damaged the landmark, according to research by the China Great Wall Society.

    9    lack of protection efforts in remote regions and a weak plan for protection have also made a     10    （ contribute） to the damage.

Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a     1     (culture) scene like the USA version of Carnival. But there is some debate over whether it was NOLA or Mobile, Alabama that had the first Mardi Gras back in     2    1700s. Regardless     3     who did it first, few would argue that the New Orleans festival is the best. It     4     (begin) with social events in November. Some private balls     5     (hold) on Thanksgiving Day and New Year's Eve, with parades and more private balls throughout January and early February.     6    (get) invites to the private events isn't easy. If you love music, check out the     7     (annually) Galactic concert at the world-famous Tipitina’s on Lundi Gras (the day before Mardi Gras). When the big day arrives, it’s best to plan     8     you want to see. Longtime     9    (local) love the Krewe of Muses Parade, the Rex & Zulu Parade, and the Krewe of St. Anne and Krewe of Julu Parades. But, for our money,     10     doesn't get any better than watching the Mardi Gras Indians Parade in Treme.

Waking up at 7 in the morning, 25-year-old Fan Yupei cleans up,     1     (water) flowers in the courtyard, and then opens the door of her Jun porcelain (钧瓷) production studio, ready for a new day’s business.

Life in her hometown, Shenhou town, in Yuzhou City, is much     2     (happy) for Fan, who quit her job in Beijing and started her own studio with her husband. Jun porcelain is one of the top five Chinese porcelains,     3     (date) back to the Song Dynasty,     4     is famous for its change of colors when heated in kilns. Now it     5     (list) as a state-level intangible culture heritage (非物质文化遗产).

Shenhou town is home     6     Jun porcelains. Recently, the local government of Yuzhou city has made a series of measures     7     (promote) such production. Now Fan’s husband is in charge of Jun porcelain making while she is responsible for sales. Both of     8     (they) have combined Jun porcelain production with modern art and often share     9     (thought) about designs together. With more and more tourists visiting Shenhou every day, Fan has the     10     (confident) that Jun porcelain will gain greater popularity in the future.

Are you interested in the popular shopping culture—Singles Day? I'd like to inform you    1     some information about it.

There are    2    (vary) theories about the origin of Singles Day in China. One of the popular theories is that Singles Day originated from campus culture. In 1993，four senior students at Nanjing University came up with the idea of organizing activities on Nov.11 as a day for single people. Gradually    3    (accept) by society, this festival attracts more and more people. With the spread of media and online culture, Singles Day is now hugely popular.

At present, Nov.11 is a shopping carnival.“Double 11” with the purpose of the online promotion    4    (hold) by Taobao (Tmall) on Nov.11，2009. With the    5    (tend) of shopping online, the turnover(营业额）of “ Double 11” Shopping Festival reached 213.5 billion in 2018, rising    6    (steady), which is a delight to sellers.

When shopping day meets Singles Day, what will people do? Perhaps, this special day makes    7     difference to those who are in their forties or older ages, but young people are loyal consumers who will take risks of    8    (run) out of their money    9    (purchase). It is the young consumers    10     have strong desire to buy that day. They like the discounts of the goods.

A red bronze horse-head statue robbed from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace was donated back by Macau-based    1    (collect) Stanley Ho Hungsun (何鸿燊shēn) and handed over to the NCHA (国家文物局) in Beijing on Wednesday.

Ho bought the     2    (nation) treasure at an auction(拍卖) in 2007 and decided to donate it back to the mainland on 20th anniversary of Macau's return to China. The NCHA said the statue    3    (give) back to the Yuanmingyuan administration soon.

The statue is one of 12 bronze heads of zodiac(生肖) animals    4    (decorate) a water clock fountain. The twelve animal-head taps took turns    5    (run) water during different hours within a day in Yuanmingyuan. British and French troops broke into Yuanmingyuan and set it    6    fire in 1860, when numerous treasures were taken abroad in the disaster, the 12 animal-head statues    7    (include).

The horse-head statue is the seventh among the 12 articles that has returned to Beijing,    8    will join another six zodiac bronzes in an exhibition to show China's efforts to recover lost relics over    9    past seven decades.

Ho's daughter, and Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture and Tourism, lifted the curtain for the    10    (new) returned statue at National Museum of China on Nov 13, 2019.

In the ancient times,there used to be so many myths about the moon, and all of     1    made the moon more attractive. On the moon, according to the Chinese myth, lived a goddess named Chang 'e who led a lonely life. In the west, up to now, scientists     2    (study) the moon for many years. I wonder if you have received an     3    (invite) to spend a Moon Day, which is officially celebrated on July 20 every year. Moon Day marks the first human landing on the moon    4    (success) that occurred on July 20, 1969. That explains it! Ever since 1969, Moon Day has been celebrated in the US to mark one of the     5    (great) achievements in human history.

Moon Day is largely celebrated by NASA and space fans. One way to celebrate Moon Day is to make something about the moon, like cutting paper moons. Children are made to bake cookies and cut them in the shape of the moon. They also consider     6    (learn) some facts about the moon on this occasion. Exploring the moon on Google Moon is a great idea to get familiar with our natural satellite. It is especially important that we celebrate Moon Day with children.     7     this way, children can learn about     8    happened on July 20, 1969, and understand the importance of this event in the future. It can be said with certainty that humans will devote all their     9    (life) to the research into the moon. As for young people, they must go to all lengths to study hard for the future even if there is a long way to go!

Should there be a chance for you to go to the moon, who would you like to have     10    (go ) with you ?

You know that Grandparents Day,     1     (take) place on the Sunday after Labor Day every year, is a holiday for celebrating your parents' parents. You might send them a card, or give them a call. But how did the holiday come to be?

In 1956, West Virginia native Marian McQuade was trying to plan a celebration for the elderly    2    (member) of her community. She made the sad discovery that many of the senior citizens in the nursing home didn't often receive visits from their families. So she set out     3     (choose) a day to honor and appreciate grandparents.

Grandparents Day became     4     official holiday in 1978. It's not     5    (actual) just for grandparents, but it's also to give grandparents an opportunity to show love     6     their children's children. Many families have     7     (meaning) ways of celebrating the holiday. Even if your grandparents live far away, that doesn't mean you can’t celebrate with them. Danielle Kirsch    8     (celebrate) by trying a new activity every year with her grandmother Elsie. This year, they will be painting together. Molly Arnold's grandmother is no     9    (long) around, but she still found a beautiful way to honor the holiday. She created a charity in memory of her grandmother,     10     passed away from Alzheimer's disease.