You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year, and that number continues to grow. Just as the center of the American film industry is Hollywood, the movie center of India is Mumbai, known 1 Bombay. “Bollywood” is a combination (结合) of the 2“Bombay”and“Hollywood”.

    Bollywood is not a physical place. Some people 3 the name, saying that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood.4 ，Bollywood is one of the largest centers of film production in the world.

    No Bollywood movie is thought complete 5 a few songs and dances. In fact, music is an important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still be 6 if the music is good. Because of this, music directors are sometimes more popular than actors. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs in it, often explaining what the dances mean. A film's success often 7 on the quality of such musical numbers. In some ways, Bollywood has been influencing 8 films in the western world since the 2000s.

    Bollywood may be different from Hollywood when it comes to musical style, but it is very 9 to Hollywood in several ways. Bollywood hero Shark Khan uses a gun just like Hollywood star Tom Cruise. News reporters follow Bollywood stars just as often as Hollywood stars. The personal lives of Indian actors and actresses catch the headlines, just as 10 do in the United States.

    The Spring Festival is often called "Chinese New Year" by people in western countries, because people in China 1 the end of a lunar(农历)year, and the start of a new lunar year.

    At Spring Festival, people want to keep away from 2, so that the new year will 3 with good luck. There are a lot of 4 for the Spring Festival. People 5 their houses (before New Year's Day), cut their hair, and buy lots of new 6 to wear. They decorate their houses with couplets, paper-cuts and lanterns. The decorations are all 7, because red is a "lucky colour".

    Older people give young people red packets 8 money in them. People eat jiaozi for New Year and yuanxiao at Lantern Festival.

Then there's the dragon dance and fireworks. These are 9 to bring good luck for New Year. It's a great time and everyone feels 10.

    Different people have different ideas about time. People in the US think that it is1to know the time. In cities in America, there are2in stations, factories and other buildings. Most Americans also have watches with them3they go. They want to do certain(一定的) things4certain times. They don't like to be

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    But time is not so important to6in the world. When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don't like to be in a hurry. If you have an appointment(约会) with somebody, he could7be late, because he may not want to arrive8.

    In South America, 9the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time. People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines. They think that you10a clock or a watch control(控制) your life if you do everything on time.

    The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. With a 1of more than 2, 000 years，some parts of the Great Wall have disappeared. 2, it is still a very popular place of interest.

    It is the 3 wall ever built. It is about 8 meters high. The top is 8 meters wide and it 4 even wider at the bottom. It is made 5 stone and brick. People built it by 6 and it took a long time to finish.

    No one knows 7 when the building of the Great Wall was started. It is believed that the wall was built to 8 parts of the country in the old days. It also made people live a（n） 9 life.

    Today, many of the visitors go to see the Great Wall. 10 they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall, they can't help saying, "Wow, that's fantastic!"