Holi ( 洒红节) is a spring festival, also   (1)   ________ (know) as the festival of colours or the festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival   (2)   ________ has become popular in and outside Asia. It is celebrated at the end of winter   (3)   ________ the night and the day are of equal length. The date of the festival is different every year. According to the Hindu calendar, it   (4)  ________ (usual) comes in March, sometimes in late February.

The celebration   (5)   ________ (start) with a bonfire ( 篝火) on the night before Holi, where people gather, sing and dance. The next morning is a carnival of colours, where anyone, children or elders, friends or   (6)   ________ (strange), chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water. Everyone is happy to be made fun   (7)  ________. Groups carry drums and musical instruments,  (8)  ________ (go) from place to place. After a(n)   (9)   ________ (excite) day, people visit their friends and share the delicious food after cleaning up and dressing up.

The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the beginning of the new season, spring. Hindus believe   (10)   ________ is a time for enjoying spring's rich colours and saying goodbye to winter.

Yangshuo , China

It was raining lightly when I  61     (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours  62    , I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with  63      (it) choking smog（烟雾）. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.

I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River  64        are pictured by artists in so many Chinese  65      

(painting). Instead, I’d headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away   66       car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

Yangshuo  67       (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers  68       (ｍａｋｅ) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it  69          (regular) arranges（安排） quick getaways here for people  70      (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

I needed to get some money so I   (1)   ________ (take) a job in the clothes department at Graham's for the January sale. I can't say that I enjoyed it,   (2)   ________ it was an experience I'll never forget.

When I arrived half an hour before opening on the first day of the sale, there was already   (3)  ________ queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous. The moment the security guards unlocked the doors, they hid behind the doors for   (4)   ________ (protect) as the noisy crowd rushed in. I couldn't believe my eyes: this wasn't shopping; it was a battlefield!

After a while, clothes were flying   (5)  ________ all directions as people searched for the sizes, colours and styles they wanted. Within minutes I had half a dozen people   (6)  ______ (push) clothes under my nose, each wanting   (7)   ________ (be) the first served. The whole day continued like that. People were spending money like water without thinking   (8)   ________ they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain it was OK.

That night, after a quick dinner I went to bed   (9)  ________ (exhaust), fearing the sound of the alarm   (10)  ________ would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale.

We each have a memory. That’s  61    we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can   62    (easy ) learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do   63    again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got    64    ( amaze ) memories.

   A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is    65   small child. He hears the sounds, remember them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living    66   their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember   67  speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy 68   (learn)a foreign language because the students have so little time for it and they are busy with other   69    (subject), too. But your memory   70    (become ) better and better when you do more and more exercise.

What’s wrong with the student’s answer? He didn’t accept the compliment in____same way as the American people do．He should say“Thank you”instead of“No”．He _____(real) understood what the American boy had said，____he thought he should be modest．In the west，people will feel proud and confident when they____(praise)．So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious，you should say“Thank you”．If someone says to a woman“You look so____(beauty)with the new clothes on”，she must be very happy and say“Thank you”．

If you are modest and say“No，I'm afraid I can’t do it well”while _____(work)in a western country，the others may think that you really cannot do it．If you often say“No”，you will certainly be looked down upon by others．If asking_____a job，one says something like“Yes，I can certainly do it” instead of Let me have a try he or she will hope ____(get)it. So in the west，you should be brave to show your_____(confident)!

Attending a live musical performance in a huge sports center with thousands of other fans is   (1)   (excite). Even in a restaurant or theater, a skilled   (2)   (perform) can provide a great show. Here in the US, a very different kind of performance space is gaining in popularity.

Singer-songwriter Annalise Emerick is getting ready   (3)  (play) a show in Nashville, Tennessee. It is something   (4)   she does most nights in coffee houses, bars and other small spaces across the country. But tonight, the setting is even  (5)   (small). Ms. Emerick will play for a few people in Kristina Shulz's home.

“An artist will come into my house and play music. All I have to do  (6)  (be) provide the atmosphere, which I am   (7)   (absolute) happy to do,” says Ms. Shulz. She has been holding such performances in her home  (8)  about four years. The crowd is usually a mix of family, friends, neighbours and even strangers. The performances  (9)   (list) on house concert websites.

House concerts have become  (10)  important part of Annalise Emerick's earnings, too.“I can play a bar for 100 dollars, but I can play a house concert and if there are 50 people there and they all pay $20, I'm having a great night. And they all buy CDs, too. It's amazing.”

very specific dinner: Sunday roast. This is the British name for a traditional dinner on Sundays. Britons  2__ (eat) Sunday roasts for centuries. In the old days, people had to go to church on Sunday. Afterwards, people would be hungry. So families would get together to eat a big meal.

So what is this  3  (taste) dish made of? Sunday dinner usually has roast meat, usually chicken or beef, crispy roast potatoes,  4  (fresh) boiled vegetables, and finally Yorshire pudding. This is a pidding made of batter and is a staple of the Sunday roast.

What if you don’t have any of the ingredients(原料)  5  (make) the traditional dinner?  6  to worry. In Britain, there are special restaurants, called carveries,  7  you can eat a Sunday roast. The name “carvery” comes from the act of carving the meat into slices, before putting them on a plate.

   Besides the delicious food on the plate, this meal is a great time  8  families. This is the time of the week when parents and children will sit down and tell each other about their week at work or school.

   With many traditions  9  (fade) into the background, traditional Sunday dinners are as strong as ever. And I have the feeling  10  this traditional cuisine will be on British dinner tables for decades to come.

Jimmy:  Alice, how was your journey to the countryside?

Alice:   Wonderful. We   1   (enjoy) beautiful sights and food in the country.

Jimmy:  Food? Did you have   2   big dinner in the countryside? What have you had?

Alice:   It was not a big dinner at all,   3   there were a lot of foods which only can be eaten in the local place, such  4  some wild vegetables.

Jimmy:  Oh, I see. Did you do anything   5  ?

Alice:   Yes. We got   6   well with the villagers and sent pens and books we carried to the poor students.

Jimmy:  That is really great! I think they must study harder with your help.

Alice:   It is far from enough.   7   (actual), I felt a little sad as soon as I saw the joy on the children who got the pens and books.

Jimmy:  Why do you have this kind of feeling?

Alice:   As far as I am   8    (concern), these things are nothing for the children who live in our city.

Jimmy:  You are right. We can do more for the children living in that area.

Alice:   Yes. Many of us who went to the place   9   (plan) to give more help to the children.

Jimmy:  Can you tell me what you are going to do?

Alice:   We are going to buy a number of books and donate   10   to the local school.

Jimmy:  It is a good idea. I am entirely willing to join you.

Alice:   It’s very kind of you.

It is sad but true ___61___ people die in earthquakes from falling furniture(家具) and bricks. Earthquake ___62___ (safe) is very important and there is more to it than just keeping buildings ____63___ falling down. So if your home is in ___64__ earthquake area, you should prepare carefully before the earthquake ___65____(come).

 First, make sure you buy a house which is earthquake safe, all pipes should be fixed to the wall and all walls should be especially thick and strong, you also have to make sure that there are bolts underneath your house. They are one of the most important ways of protecting a house. Make sure the building has no ____66__ (break) windows and is well repaired.

 Second, look at the objects in your house. Those in the living room, _____67___ are the most likely to hurt us, are computers, televisions and lamps. They can be tied to tables or stuck to them so they won’t _____68__(easy) move around. The kitchen, which is also very ____69____(danger), must have strong doors on all the cupboards. This is the place where many small things are stored that might fall down. The water heater should have a case round it too. Windows are a special problem. When they break, glass can cause many accidents. It is better to use safety glass if you can, especially for pictures.

 Always remember: “It is ___70_____(good) to be safe than sorry.”

May: Hi, Mike. Long time no see.

Mike: Hi, May!

May: Where have you been these days? It’s been quite a long time   (1)  ．I last saw you in the library.

Mike: Well, I went to Hong Kong last month and stayed there   (2)  ．_half a month.

May: Why did you stay there so long?

Mike: Er, I went there   (3)  ．(attend) a meeting to discuss how to make sure of flight   (4)  ．(safe) between countries.

May: I called you many times, but I could not get through,   (5)  ．made me very angry.

Mike: Oh, I’m sorry. I got my phone number  (6)  ．(change) when I was in Hong Kong so that I didn’t have to spend so  (7)  ．on my phone calls.

May: Did you have a good time there?

Mike: Yes, a very nice time. I drove around with my friends. I also paid _  (8)  ．visit to the Hong Kong Disneyland. It was the first time that I   (9)  ．_(see) the sea. It’s   (10)  ．(real) a wonderful experience.