Giving small children some money as a gift during the Spring Festival is a common ______ in China, which may seem strange to foreigners?

. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

People say, “Guilin’s scenery is superb in the world.” It was not until I visited the place that I found it really worthy of the _______.  

At the conference, people of different _______ were given a chance to exchange theirs with each other. 

The farmers suffered a heavy ________because of the terrible storm.