One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   (1)   at the answer. Thinking he had not made   (2)   understood or the girl had not   (3)   him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”

Songkran is a time for cleaning in Thailand. People always  (1)  their house during the festival. It is  (2)  April 13 to 15 every year.

The festival is a  (3)  time for all children to show their love to their parents. Children pour some  (4)  on their parents’ hands. It is  (5)   called "Water Festival",  (6)   people think water can wash bad  (7)   away. It’s hot in April in Thailand. Water can make people  (8)  , so the festival is very popular.

At that time people usually come back home to  (9)  their families. They also do many interesting things,  (10)  travelling with their families. Everyone in Thailand enjoys the festival.

More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world. Of all these languages, English is  (1)   used. When it is used, the English language has also   (2)   many new words from other languages. For example, Americans borrowed “cookbook” from   (3)  . They also borrowed “tofu” and “kowtow” from Chinese.

  (7)  hand, Chinese people love cats very much. But   (8)  western culture, “cat” is sometimes used to describe a woman who is cruel. The rose is   (9)   a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose   (10)   love, peace, courage and friendship.

 Can you cut an apple with a playing card? Can you write with one hand and draw with ____  (1)  ____? Well, some people ____  (2)  ____, and they all show their talents on the TV program China's Got Talent.

   The TV program is getting more and more ____  (3)  ____ in China. Many people watch it every week because they ____  (4)  ____ how talented one can be.

   Talent shows began in Britain. And now there are similar shows in lots of countries ____  (5)  ____ the world. China's Got Talent is a new one, but it is special and ____  (6)  ____ others. When people show their talents, they also ____  (7)  ____ their stories. Most of them don't want to be ____  (8)  ____ or popular. They ____  (9)  ____ want to make their family and others happy.

   Everyone has a ____  (10)  ____. It may be big or small. What's your talent? Maybe you can be the next star on China's Got Talent!

How much do you know about manners? Different countries have different manners. In   (1)  Asian countries, especially in Japan, it is good manners to take off your   (2)   before you go into a house.   (3)   in European (欧洲) countries, even if the floors are very clean, people will not do this. If you are a visitor  to a Chinese family, you usually do not finish up the food when you have a meal. You often leave a little to   (4)   thatyou have had enough. But in England, a visitor always eats up food to show that he   (5)   it. We must know the customs of other   (6)   so that natives (当地人) will not think that we’re bad-mannered. People all over the world   (7)   that awell-mannered person should be kind and   (8)   to others. If you   (9)   this, at least you will not go very far wrong.   (10)   likes a person with good manners, but no one likes a person with bad manners. So, keep your manners!

   Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. But when did the   (1)   begin? About 400 years   (2)   , the first group of Americans came to America by ship. They lived there,   (3)   soon(不久) they didn't have food to eat. Many of them lost   (4)   lives in the first winter. The next year, Indians helped them grew crops(庄稼). They got a good   (5)   in that fall. So the Americans   (6)   their harvest by eating and playing for three days. That was the first Thanksgiving Day. It was the best time to show their love and   (7)   to the Indians.

    Now, in the USA, Thanksgiving Day is   (8)   a family day. People usually go back home to   (9)   with their family.       (10)   that day family eat turkey and pumpkin. They have a good time together.

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events: love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It   (1)   real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk.

Country is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. Nashville,

Tennessee is the   (2)   of country music. Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States.   (3)   is traditional cowboy（牛仔） music from the west. The singers usually play the guitar, and in the 1920s they started   (4)   electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular   (5)  in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories.   (6)   took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps（军营）in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became   (7)   all over the country.
   Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City,   (8)   black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. Many songs these days are just about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and success, but not belonging to a group.   (9)  , country music brings back to the “good old days” when people were kind and trusted each other. It reminds us that the best things in life   (10)   free-laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside.

The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world.

Hi, everybody! Welcome to Taiwan! Now I would like to show you ____  (1)  ____ this island. After that, you will find that it is as beautiful as many ____  (2)  ____ places in our country.

     Do you know anything about the Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)？You ____  (3)  ____ ask why people call it so. If you fly high up ____  (4)  ____ the lake and look down from the plane, you will find the answer by yourself. In the middle of this lake, there is a small island. People call it Pearl Island(珍珠岛)because it ____  (5)  ____ like a pearl. On one side of Pearl Island, this lake is like the sun and on the other side it is like the moon. That is ____  (6)  ____ people call the lake the Sun Moon Lake.

    There are many mountains around this lake. The Ali Mountain (阿里山) is near the Sun Moon Lake. We will stay there ____  (7)  ____ three days. You can also have a dance party with the local people. You can climb the mountain and watch the sun ____  (8)  ____ slowly in the west. Of course, you can ____  (9)  ____ early and enjoy the beautiful sunrise(日出) in the morning.

    Now, do you think Taiwan is a wonderful place ____  (10)  ____ ?

    People celebrate Mother’s Day in the USA. It’s also a holiday in someother countries. It is on the    (1)     Sunday in May. It’s a day     (2)     mothers.      (3)      this day, mothers usually get flowers and cards     (4)     their children. On the cards children will     (5)    “Thanks, Mom”，“To my dearest(最亲爱的) mother”,“Best wishes for Mother’s Day”and so on.

How does the     (6)    for this holidays come? It was from Miss Anna M. Jarris. She        (7)         in

Virginia(弗吉尼亚). Her mother loved her very much. And she loved her mother very much, too. But her mother died(死)     (8)     she was young. After that, she wrote letters to some important people. In her letters she asked them to decide a day for all      (9)    . Then the first Mother’s Day     (10)     on the second Sunday in May, 1913 in the USA.

Last weekend I visited Rome for the first time. I   (1)  three busy days there and saw lots of interesting places. Here are the   (2)   that I loved most about the city.

1 The history

Rome is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is   (3)   wonderful historical places: the Roman Forum, the Roman Coliseum ... These buildings are very   (4)   . They are there, telling me a long, long history.

2 The art

I studied art at university (大学),   (5)  I was very excited to see the artworks (艺术作品) in real life. We walked around the museum in Vatican City and  (6)  many famous sculptures (雕塑). The best part of the visit was the Sistine Chapel ceiling. It was so amazing that I couldn’t  (7)  my eyes away from it.

3 The food

In Rome, there are a lot of restaurants  (8)  tourists to choose from but some of them aren’t good enough. I tried my best to find some great ones to taste.

4 The shopping

Rome has many shops! I  (9)  small gifts for my family and friends. There was also a Christmas market (市场), where I bought colorful lights for my Christmas tree.

I love seeing new places. I have been very  (10)  this year because I also visited Amsterdam and New York in summer. Hopefully I’ll get to travel even more in the future.