You ask me about my favorite festival. It is Spring Festival. It is _______ January or February.

For the festival, we do many things and buy many things, so we are always _______. The _______ of Spring Festival is _________. We wear new red _______ and put up(张贴) red paper-cuts(窗花). And we put lucky money in red packets. Boys and girls are always happy those days, _______ they can have a good time with _______ family, and they can get lucky money from their parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts. What do we _______ on Spring Festival? Jiaozi and some fruits. In the evening, the family will watch TV together, but children _______ watching TV for 4 hours. It’s really boring for them. They always play ________ their friends.

What about you? What festival do you like best?

Your friend,

Li Lei

Did you have a great summer camp? I had a ________ one with my friends last year.

After saying goodbye to our parents, we got on the bus. ________ the way, we laughed and talked happily. After we ________ the campground, we jumped and ________ around the place. This was the first time we left home. Some of us felt homesick. ________ when the night party and dance started, the homesickness was lost.

The next day, we ________. At first, my friends and I worked hard, but the boat didn’t listen to us and wouldn’t go to the right places. Then the guide ________ us. After many times, we did it much better.

Swimming is my favorite ________. It was about the hottest time of a year and the best time was to stay in the ________ water. The swimming guide was a funny man, and he often made us ________ to laugh. What an interesting summer camp it was!

When I was 7 years old，I went to the USA with my mom.I can still ______ the first Halloween holiday I had in the USA.

On the morning of Halloween，we paid a visit to a pumpkin(南瓜) farm.Each of us brought a pumpkin to school ______ us.I used my pumpkin to make a lantern which had two round eyes and a scary mouth.

In the afternoon，we ______ the Halloween costurnes(服装) and had a parade(游行) in school.Some of the costurnes were funny，but some of them ______ scary.I chose to wear a Superman costurne.

I did a lot of things that day，but the part I liked ______ was “trick or treat” in the evening.After dinner，I went outside with a bag.I ______ to get a lot of candies from my neighbors.At first，I was a bit nervous，______ when I knocked at the first door，my heart was beating very fast.A lady came out，and I said carefully to her，“Trick or treat.” My ______ was so low that I could hardly hear myself speak.To my surprise，the lady was so kind that she gave ______ five candies，and I was so excited.I thanked the lady and moved on.I can't remember how many houses I visited，but I can remember how many ______ I got—I got 91 that day，and I was so happy.

What a happy Halloween I had! And I wish we could have Halloween every month!