We     1     a surprise party for Xiaoming’s birthday.

As scheduled, all the classmates in our class will gather     2     the Students’ Centre at 8:00 p. m. this Friday evening     3     Xiaoming’s birthday. We would feel much honored if you could come and enjoy it,     4     is to finish at 9, lasting an hour.

As the party     5    , we will light the candles and sing “Happy Birthday” for him. Then the birthday cake will be presented and cut for all of us to enjoy, following which we’ll sing songs and play some small     6    . What’s more, as     7     surprise, we’ll all . prepare some secret birthday gifts for him, and     8     will be great to see how surprised     9     about it he will be seeing the gifts. As it’s a surprise party, he will know before hand, and we do hope that you could manage to attend it.

Looking forward to your     10    .

Yours,

Li Hua

Festivals can    1    people’s wishes, beliefs and    2    . They are celebrated all around the world. In    3    of different forms of celebrations, they have a lot in common. For example, every country celebrates harvest festival, when people show that they are    4    for the year’s supply of food. However, with the development of modern society, some traditions may    5    away. Some believe festivals should not be commercialized. Others think it’s good for economy and public happiness. We hope people will take our festival seriously.