At the bottom of the bed was the stocking, 【小题1】 was full of all kinds of small presents and sweets. Christmas morning was bright and 【小题2】 (sun) and, after church, my cousin David and I went out into the garden 【小题3】 (play) with our new presents. Lunch was always late, but what a lunch! A big turkey with all the vegetables 【小题4】 (follow) by Christmas pudding. I liked turkey breasts best. I put so much food in my mouth sometimes 【小题5】 it was hard to swallow. We sang Christmas carols 【小题6】 (happy), laughed at jokes, put on silly paper hats 【小题7】 laughed again. 

【小题8】 lunch, we all played cards while the adults 【小题9】 (sleep) on the sofa in front of Queen's speech on television. Then we had tea, with a huge Christmas cake covered with snowmen. It didn't seem possible, but we carried on 【小题10】 (eat). By bedtime all of the children were very tired. As soon as we turned off the light, we all fell into a deep, happy sleep.

International Workers’ Day,also【小题1】 (know) as May Day, is celebrated on the first day in May. More than eighty countries【小题2】(celebrate) this festival since 1889. People may know that International Workers’ Day is about having a rest on that day,most of 【小题3】don’t know the story behind it.

In the late 18th century,in order to make more money, the cruel capitalists forced【小题4】 (employ) to work all day,but only paid low salaries. Due to the unfair payment,the workers knew that they had to stand up for their rights,or all of them would die young. Then the workers started to go on strike, and demanded that the 【小题5】(reason) working hours should be 8 hours a day.【小题6】 ,the capitalists did not pay attention to the workers’ demands. The workers had to fight for rights for【小题7】 (they). On May 1st,1886,the United States’ and Canada’s trade unions 【小题8】(get) together to start the biggest strike. After that day, the law passed the rules that the workers’ working hours would be 8 hours per day. International Workers’ Day aims to remember the spirit of bravery and show our respect【小题9】 the former workers. Because they have made a great 【小题10】 (contribute) to today’s happiness.

The Dragon Boat Festival has been marked by eating zongzi and racing dragon boats for thousands of years. It 【小题1】 (fall) on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu yuan, 【小题2】 is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.

Qu was minister of the state of Chu 【小题3】 (locate) in the present-day Hunan and Hebei provinces during the Warring States period. He was upright, loyal and 【小题4】 (high) respected. 【小题5】, he was fired from office due to his suggestion to fight against Qin in cooperation with other states. During his stay in other states, he wrote many poems to express his strong love for his country. When Chu 【小题6】 (defeat) by Qin. He realized 【小题7】 he could do about it was nothing. Qu jumped into Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.

After the 【小题8】 (dead) of Qu Yuan, people of Chu went to Miluo River to mourn (悼念) over the great poet they loved so much. People threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves 【小题9】 the river to feed the fish to keep them away from Qu Yuan. Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become a   【小题10】( tradition) festival for the Chinese people.