It was Christmas Eve. It was very cold. A poor girl was selling flowers in the street. Her parents were ill, so she 1 get money for food. She felt cold and hungry. She stopped in front of a beautiful house. The girl knocked 2 the door and a man came out. She asked 3 he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want 4 . She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the 5 of a tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers 6 very nice. She suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt she became light, 7 slowly she began to fly into the sky. She 8 higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them 9 her granny who welcomed her and asked her why she didn't 10 . The girl told her that she had to 11 to get money because her parents were badly ill. Granny told her 12 and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed 13 .

　　It snowed heavily that nit. The girl died with a smile on her face. 14 , the people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and 15 .

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Hi, Louis!
I’m writing to tell you something about the customs(风俗) and festivals.
Everyone loves holidays since one doesn’t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the USA, everyone thinks New Year’s Eve and New Year are both for playing with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite (相反) is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate(庆祝) the birth of Christ.
I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.
Loves,
Judge the following sentence true(T) or (F)
【小题1】Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays.
【小题2】Christmas is the time to stay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family.
【小题3】All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays.
【小题4】Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures.
【小题5】This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.

Hi, Louis!

I’m writing to tell you something about the customs(风俗) and festivals.

Everyone loves holidays since one doesn’t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the USA, everyone thinks New Year’s Eve and New Year are both for playing with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite (相反) is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate(庆祝) the birth of Christ.

I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.

Loves,

Judge the following sentence true(T) or (F)

1.Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays.

2.Christmas is the time to stay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family.

3.All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays.

4.Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures.

5.This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.