On the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, a year is divided into 24 solar terms. The solar terms     1     (create) thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production.

White Dew (Bailu) is the 15th solar term and indicates the real beginning of cool autumn. The temperature declines     2    (increasing) with the white dew on the grass and trees seen in the morning. In many places of China, the air is clear, with the sky in great     3    (high) and the clouds in peace. The gentle wind can often be felt blowing.

Back in the old days, gathering the white dew from plants was a Chinese tradition. Bencao Gangmu, a Chinese herbology document,     4    (write) by Li Shizhen over 400 years ago says the white dew can be used as tea which     5    (taste) sweet with its pleasant smell and has cooling effects on the body and keeps people healthy.

In Southern China, people tend     6    (eat) longans on the day. They believe the fruit can bring good luck, make people stay calm     7     cure some typical conditions.

Yu the Great was an admired ruler in ancient China,     8     was famous for controlling floods, his governance of the Xia Dynasty, and his moral character. When     9     comes to White Dew every year,     10    (fisherman) in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will hold a week-long ceremony to honor Yu the Great.

【推荐2】My American friend kindly invited me to her home to celebrate this year’s Thanksgiving Day. I     1     (experience) my first ever Thanksgiving.

On that day, we watched the Thanksgiving parade (游行) in New York City on TV. My friend’s family sat     2    front of the television. They came from all over the States and enjoyed being together.     3     (look) at their happy faces, I thought it was really a holiday for families, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

That evening, we had a big Thanksgiving dinner. This     4     (tradition) meal includes roast turkey, mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables. When the dishes and plates arrived at the table, we started to take     5     (turn) to say the things we were     6     (thank) for. This, in fact, is a Thanksgiving tradition many families practice in the US.

Then, the food     7     (pass) around the table and we all ate far too much. I also had desserts with my dinner. There       8     (be) different kinds of pies, such as apple pies, pumpkin pies and coconut pies.

If one mentions Thanksgiving, one must talk about Black Friday, the Friday     9     follows Thanksgiving Day. Shops across the United States will give their     10     (big) sales of the whole year on Black Friday. Many people go crazy about it. I saw many long queues outside the shops on that day.