1.Unit 1, Book 3  Festivals and celebrations

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds __1____(hold)everywhere since ancient times.Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,__2___(plant) in spring and harvest in ___3___.Sometimes celebrations would be held __4___ hunters had caught animals.At that time people would starve if food was difficult__5___(find),__6__(especial) during the cold winter months.Today’s festivals have many origins ,some religious,some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,__7__ might return either to help __8__ to do harm.For the Japanese festival.Obon,people should go to clean graves and light incense __9__ memory of their ancestors.They also light lamps and play music _10___ they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.

Key: 1. have been held  2. planting  3. autumn  4. after  5. to find

     6. especially  7. who  8. or  9. in  10. because