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| Oldest festivals |
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere．The oldest festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather，planting in spring and harvest（丰收）in autumn．Other celebrations were held when they had food．They thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty．
| Festivals of the dead |
Some festivals are held to honor or satisfy and please the dead．In Japan the festival is called Obon．They have lamps on and play music because they think this will help the dead back to Earth．In Mexico they have the day of the dead in early November．On this important day，people might eat food in different shapes and offer food，flowers and gifts to the dead．
| ? |
Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people．One of these is the Dragon Boat Festival in China，which honors the famous poet，Qu Yuan．Another is Columbus Day in the USA，in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America．
| Harvest festivals |
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events．People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter．In European countries people usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit，and get together ，to have meals．In China and Japan there are mid-autumn festivals，when people admire the moon and give gifts of mooncakes．
| Spring festivals |
The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring．In some Western countries，Easter is an important festival in February which celebrates the return of Jesus and celebrates the coming of spring．In Japan，the Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later．In China，families get together to eat，drink and have fun at the Spring Festival．
1．Find another word in the first paragraph which has the similar meaning to the underlined word “harvest”．_________
2．What are festivals of the dead for? _________．
3．What is the topic of the third paragraph? Festivals to _________．
4．Spring Festivals are held to celebrate _________ and _________．
5．What's your favorite festival? Why? _________．Because _________．
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| as well，because，everything，fear，grade，get along，happy，make，real，try |
Wednesday，Step．1 Fine
Today was the first day of my new life．I __1__ my new school uniform and looked at my new books and checked ___2___ for the new school year．I was worried and excited ___3___．
I was excited for I had expected this day for a long time．I am a student of senior middle school now．I was worried ___4___ I was in a new school．I didn't quite know about the teachers and students here．I was afraid that I couldn't ___5___ well with them．Would I get new friends? What would the other kids think of me? Would I get good __6___? Would I please the teachers? Would I be _7___ for the next three years here?．．．I really wanted __8__ a good beginning when I made nay first step to this wonderful school．
Everyone was __9___ sweet to me．Teachers were kind and ready to help us，I soon forgot my shyness and nervousness．I felt at home．
At the end of today，I didn't have any shyness and ___10___．I believe I will have lots of fun and happiness from today on at this new school．