There are all kinds of festivals throughout the world. Festivals are held{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (satisfy) and please the ancestors, to honor some famous people or important{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(event), and to express people's gratitude to the God for bringing them a year of plenty. For example, in India, October 2 is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}national festival to honor  Mahandas Gandhi, the leader{#blank#}4{#/blank#}helped gain India's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(depend) from Britain.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition), in China the Spring Festival, which {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(celebrate) in January or February, is the most {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (forget) all the daily struggle and demands for a while.

    My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong on August 15, 2016. He had dreamed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visiting it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) there. The following was what he had seen.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (arrive) there, he was impressed by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. It is said that Hong Kong has the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (many) skyscrapers (摩天大楼) in the world. Wherever he went, he saw many smiling faces. People in Hong Kong were kind, easy­going and ready to help others. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (place). Though crowds of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such {#blank#}6{#/blank#} low voice as not {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (disturb) others.

    Chinese and English are the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(office) languages of Hong Kong. English {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(use) in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.

    Staying there for a week was a good experience for him, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he would never forget.

China used to be called the "Kingdom of Bicycles" in the 1980s and the 1990s, but since then, cars {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (take) over the country. Because of traffic jams, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} can be difficult to travel across major Chinese cities. Even {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (go) a few kilometers can take up to an hour. Now, new apps that help people use bikes are being used more and more across cities.

Cheng Li started using bike share services about six {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (month) ago. He said now he was using a car less and the metro (地铁) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. "After I get off the metro, I usually have to walk another kilometer or two, so I'll grab a bike share and go. It is convenient."

    For many, it is great to have shared bikes. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, many of its bike share stations were not placed in convenient places. Now, it is easy to find a bike, and to register with {#blank#}7{#/blank#} smartphone.

    Meanwhile, there is now a lot of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (compete) among bike ——sharing providers because of their {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (popular). Some providers are trying to flood the streets with bikes to be more visible. Sometimes there are so many bikes that they {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (complete) block the sidewalks.

    It is well known that the Chinese have great respect for their elders, and here is an occasion to show it-the Chongyang Festival. It falls {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In Chinese, nine {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(regard) as the number of "yang". The ninth day of the ninth month is the day that has two "yang" numbers, and "chong" in Chinese means double, which is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the name "Chongyang" came into being.

    The festival can date back to the Warring States Period. However, it was not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (formal) set as a festival until the Tang Dynasty. In 1989, the Chinese government {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(declare)the ninth day of the ninth lunar month to be Seniors' Day-a day to respect {#blank#}6{#/blank#} elderly and to let them enjoy {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(they).

    Traditionally, people climb mountains, drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, and eat double-ninth cakes. Since cake in Chinese is pronounced "gao" meaning"high", people consider climbing a high mountain to be the same as eating cake in the hope of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (promote) to high positions. And people often think that chrysanthemum wine can get rid of all kinds of diseases and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(disaster).

    Today many activities are held {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(show) respect for the seniors like organizing a trip for them, sending them gifts and more on the day of the festival.

    New Year in Chinese eyes is a family reunion. However, in foreigners' eyes, it is not only a kind of homesickness, but a spring migration(迁徙).Every year {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) the largest annual mass migration on the planet {#blank#}2{#/blank#} one sixth of the world's population travel home to celebrate {#blank#}3{#/blank#} their families. That is around a billion people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) 3.5 billion journeys in a 40-day period. Meanwhile, over 250 million rail journeys are made across China during the festival.

    Last year, 5.6 million rail tickets {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sell) in a single day. Every new year in the heartland of industrial China thousands upon thousands of motorcyclists brave the weather and hit the road, determined to make {#blank#}6{#/blank#} home.

    The Chinese New Year {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (celebrate) is also known as the Spring Festival. It lasts 15 days. It is the main holiday of the Chinese calendar. In modern China, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (search) for work, many people have to move away from home. And they will travel home to be with the loved ones during the Spring Festival. In Chinese New Year, modern and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tradition) customs are brought together when the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. Nowadays, not only does China have the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (fast) growing modern cities in the world, but the landscapes are also truly diverse.