6．At the Tomb Sweeping Day people should go to clean graves __________________ their ancestors.

　　7．Great changes have ____________ in our hometown in the past years.

　　8．He is always __________________ others，but when others play a joke on him，he feels unhappy.

　　四、下面一段文章是课文的浓缩，仔细阅读，根据课文内容将其补充完整

　　Some festivals are held to __1__ the dead or to satisfy the ancestors，who might return either to help or to do harm.In Japan，people should go to clean graves and light incense in __2__ of their ancestors in the festival called Obon.They think that it will __3__ the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico，people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.On this important __4__ day，they offer food，flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old __5__ about the return of the spirits of dead people.It is now a children's festival，when they can __6__ and go to their neighbours' homes to ask for sweets.If the neighbours don't give any sweets，the children might play a __7__ on them.In China，the Dragon Boat Festival honours the famous ancient __8__，Qu Yuan.In the USA，Columbus Day is in memory of the __9__ of Christopher Columbus in the New World.India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Gandhi，the leader helping gain India's __10__ from Britain.

　　1．______　2．______　3．______　4．______　5．______　6．______　7．______　8．______　9．______　10．______

　　五、阅读理解

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　　Valentine's Day

　　Valentine's Day（情人节）is named after Saint Valentine，an early Christian churchman（牧师）who reportedly helped young lovers.Valentine was killed for his Christian beliefs on February 14 more than 1,700 years ago，but the day got its name even earlier than that.

　　More than 2,000 years ago，the ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers.As part of the celebration，girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container.Boys reached into the container and pulled one out.The girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweetheart for a year.

Lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each other Valentine's Day cards that tell of their love.Sometimes they also send gifts，like flowers or chocolate candy.Americans usually send these gifts and cards through the mail system.But some used another way to send this message.They have it printed in a newspaper.The cost is usually a few dollars.Some of the messages are simple and short，"Jane，I love you very much."Others say more.This one，for example，"Don，roses are red.Violets（紫罗兰）are purple.I hope you love me as much as I love