I’m Alice. My father is a doctor in a 【小题1】 /ˈhɒspɪtl/ in Quanzhou. He is very busy. He doesn’t have 【小题2】 for a good rest (休息), even at weekends.

Today is Sunday. It’s my 【小题3】 (father) birthday, but he has to go to work. I want to do something for 【小题4】 (he).

I get up at 7: 30 in the morning. After breakfast, I help my father clean his desk. There are many books on his desk and he 【小题5】 /ˈjuːʒʊəlɪ/ reads them at night. In the afternoon, I go to the shop with my mother. My mother 【小题6】 (buy) some food, such as rice, chicken, fish and some 【小题7】 (meat). I buy my father a(n) 【小题8】 of shoes with my pocket money (零花钱). After that, I learn to cook fish. My father likes fish a lot. When he 【小题9】 (come) back at seven o’clock, we have a big dinner. He’s happy and says I’m his good   【小题10】 /ˈdɔːtər/. I’m very happy, too.

The lion dance is one of the most 【小题1】 (colour) events of the Chinese New Year 【小题2】 (celebrate). Two people do the dance, one at the head and the other at the tail of the lion. 【小题3】 operate the lions’ eyes, mouth, ears and body to make it look 【小题4】 (live).

There are different stories about how the lion dance started, 【小题5】 no one knows for sure. One story says that once a lion appeared in a small village in China. People and animals in the village were attacked. A famous kung-fu fighter heard 【小题6】 this and he went to the village. He taught kung-fu to some of the villagers 【小题7】(help) him fight the lion. A few months later, they killed the lion 【小题8】 (succeed). After that, the villagers celebrated the event every year by 【小题9】 (follow) the steps of those who 【小题10】(fight) the lion in a dance. Then, gradually, they also did the lion dance to celebrate other important events.

Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the 【小题1】 (four) Thursday in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People 【小题2】 (make) short speeches and give thanks for their food.

They have celebrated the festival since 【小题3】 (冠词) first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The following year they celebrated together by 【小题4】 (eat) a dinner of the new food.

They still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a 【小题5】 (tradition) dinner. The kitchen is always the most crowded room in their house because they all help prepare the food 【小题6】 (happy). They lay the table, and then before they begin dinner, their father gives thanks for the food, 【小题7】 (连词) they remember why they celebrate the festival. They usually eat too much, but it is only once a year! They often talk a lot and tell 【小题8】 (story) after dinner as well. When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes.

The festival is a very busy time. During the festival, there are plenty 【小题9】 (介词) other things to see and do. Like many Americans, they usually watch the games on television. They enjoy 【小题10】 (they) very much.