Read the text and fill one suitable word in each numbered blank:
If you travel around the world,you will learn that _____ country has different customs.It is what _____ travelling so interesting! If you visit Thailand in April , you will see the Songkran celebrations - and you might ______ very wet! Songkran is the Thai New Year , and it is ______ to throw buckets of water at passers - by on the street! If you did that in London , you might get arrested!
Different countries have different laws, so you _______ to be careful. Of course stealing and murder are illegal everywhere, but some laws are surpring. In England, if you buy a stamp with the Queen's head on it, you must make ______ you stick it on your letter the right way up. It is illegal to stick the stamp on a letter upside-down. It shows that you do not respect the Queen.
Many laws in England were made centuries _______ . As time passes, they are not important any more, but they have not been changed. For example, did you know that it is illegal to wear a top hat in the city of London? And in the seventeenth century Oliver Cromwell banned _______ mince pies on Christmas Day. Mince pies are a traditional Christmas treat, so millions of people in UK break that law every Christmas. There are hundreds of laws ______ this, which seem stupid to us now. _______ 1965 over 2000 old laws have been changed, but there are thousands more - so be careful!
