If you visit a supermarket in the UK in March or April, you will notice a strange thing: Shelf after shelf is filled with large, brightly-colored eggs.

Look a little 【小题1】 (close) and you will discover something else. These eggs aren’t real. In fact, they 【小题2】 (make) of chocolate. And that can mean only one thing — it’s Easter time again.

Easter is a festival 【小题3】 has been celebrated in Britain for thousands of years. These days we mark the occasion (场合) by 【小题4】 (give) each other chocolate eggs, or Easter eggs. But what are the roots of this 【小题5】 (tradition) event?

For Christian people Easter is a religious festival. According 【小题6】 the Bible, Jesus Christ was killed by the Romans 【小题7】 came back to life three days later. That is 【小题8】 Easter is seen as a time of rebirth.

However, some people suggest that Easter has its origins in pre-Christian times. They say that the very earliest societies celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of spring — the time 【小题9】 life returns to the land.

Whatever its origins, Easter is big business. The UK’s biggest retailer (零售商) of Easter eggs sold more than 20 million units last year and some Easter eggs 【小题10】 cost more than £20!

What is culture? Culture is the shared characteristics and knowledge of a group of people, 【小题1】(include) their language, religion, food, social habits, music and arts. The word “culture” has 【小题2】(it) root from the Latin “culture”, which is related to the meaning of “growth”.

A number of historical events 【小题3】(help) shape Western culture in the past 2,500 years. The fall of Rome cleared the way for the establishment of a series of states in Europe. The Black Death of the 1300 cut the population of Europe by one-third, 【小题4】 remade the society. Then the trade between East and West allowed Europeans 【小题5】(explore) North and South America.

Eastern culture generally refers to the traditions in Asian 【小题6】(country). Like the West, Eastern culture was heavily affected by religion during its early development, but later it 【小题7】(influence) by the agricultural development significantly.

【小题8】 culture differs from area to area, one thing is for certain; Cultures change. “Culture plays 【小题9】 important role in our interconnected world,” De Rossi said. “But it is no longer fixed. Culture is 【小题10】(constant) moving and essentially fluid.”

We have something in the UK 【小题1】 (call) Boxing Day, which 【小题2】 (be) an odd name, so let us explain what Boxing Day actually is! It is celebrated on 26th December, 【小题3】 day after Christmas Day, and it’s a continuation of the Christmas festivities.

The history of the day is deeply rooted in our social class structure. In the past, servants or tradesmen that 【小题4】 (work) for wealthy families would receive a Christmas box 【小题5】 their employers which contained gifts. The box was a way of 【小题6】 (say) thanks for working throughout the year. Often the holiday was seen as Christmas Day for the working men 【小题7】 would be serving the rich on the 25th and could not celebrate Christmas with family 【小题8】 (member) until the following day. But nowadays the 【小题9】 (traditional) of the gift box no longer exists. Now it’s celebrated as a shopping holiday or one 【小题10】 (usual) spends in front of the television eating loads of leftover food. Boxing Day is a bank holiday throughout the UK, which also marks the day when the sales start.