Nowadays Chinese are using the solar calendar. But at the same time, Chinese are also using their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year     1     (give) the name of one of these animals: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the monkey, the cock, the dog and the pig. This list repeats     2    (it) every twelve years,     3     is a main feature of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon, and the full moon always comes on the     4    (fifteen) day of the month. The New Year,     5    (actual) well known as the Spring Festival, always falls     6     January 21st and February 20th.

On the last day of each lunar year, the Chinese will hold     7     big family reunion dinner. All the members of a family, with the     8     (except) of married daughters, will try to be present on this festival occasion, even if they have to travel many miles     9     (return) to the home of their parents. After the dinner, even children will stay     10     (wake) until the midnight to welcome the new year.

2 . When my wife, Jane, and I were 16, we were in the same class. About a week before Thanksgiving Day, we found out that our teacher Edward was having some ___challenges. We wanted to do something to help, so as a class we ___to gather food, clothing and gifts to ___his family had a good Thanksgiving Day.

When Jane told her family about our plan, her mother was ___. Together they searched their house for things they could ___. Her mother went to the kitchen, ___ a big turkey and saying, “Thanksgiving Day won’t be ___without a turkey dinner.” To this day, Jane remembers how moved she was by her mother’s ___.

Before making our ____, we said a prayer of appreciation for the wonderful ___ to help others. I will never forget the surprised ___ of our teacher and his wife when they ____ the door; their four children gathered around them as we handed out the gifts. It was a cold night; we all felt warm inside, ___.

Last month while I was in a meeting, my secretary informed me, “Your high school teacher Mr. Edward is wondering if you could ___ him a few minutes. He’s sitting in your office right now!”

I left my meeting and went to my office ___. My teacher and I hugged and began to ___ the last 42 years. He told me he ___ remembered that cold winter night when we brought the ___of Thanksgiving Day to his family. The food and gifts were certainly appreciated, ___what warmed his heart that night was to see a group of teenagers who understood the ___of Thanksgiving Day.