The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the whole year into 24 solar terms. “Cold Dew”, also     1     (know) as “Han Lu”in Chinese, falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. Temperatures are much lower and the dew (露水) is     2     (great) at this time.

Here are three things you should know about Cold Dew. Firstly,     3     (eat) pomegranates (石榴) and hawthorns (山楂) that are both ripe during Cold Dew is a tradition. Pomegranates     4     (treasure) for their health benefits while hawthorns are thought to improve blood flow. Besides, Chrysanthemum (菊花) is the symbolic flower of Cold Dew.     5     (prevent) autumn dryness, people in China have the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. This is also a tradition of the Double Ninth Festival,     6     often falls around Cold Dew. Finally, it is     7     great time for fishing.     8     the Cold Dew period, temperatures decrease quickly and sunshine doesn’t reach deep water entirely. So fish usually swim to the area where the water is not deep and the temperature is     9     (relative) high. That is why people always say that fishing in shallow water areas in autumn     10     (make) sense.

On a     1     (freeze) cold day in January 1994, Jiesang Suonandajie gave his life to save the Tibetan antelope. By the 1990s, the number of the antelopes     2     (fall) from millions to about 50, 000. The reason is     3     the wool of the Tibetan antelope is the     4     (expensive) in the world and brings huge profits to poachers. Often at night, whole herds of antelopes are shot and skinned     5     the spot with the     6     (except) of the babies. Then the wool is taken to India to make shawls, which     7     (export) to rich countries in North America and Europe. In the 1990s, the Chinese government began to protect the antelopes     8     (active). Meanwhile, in those countries    9     the shawls are sold, the police are getting tough with the dealers, making the antelope population increase     10     (slow) since 1997.

The Lantern Festival, falling in the first Chinese lunar month, is an important and traditional festival     1     (celebrate) by people nationwide. It is the first time that people     2    (see) the full moon in the lunar year. In ancient China, night is called Xiao and the first lunar month is called Yuan month, so this festival is also called the Yuanxiao Festival in China. It marks the end of the celebration of the Spring Festival and is also the first major festival for people     3    (observe) after Chinese New Year. 

Like the Spring Festival, on the Lantern Festival, all the family members go home     4     a reunion. In the evening, people usually watch beautiful lanterns, guess interesting and     5    (challenge) lantern riddles and perform wonderful dragon dances. In     6    (add), it is a custom for people to eat yuanxiao, a kind of sweet dumpling,     7     is round balls made of glutinous rice flour with     8    (vary) of fillings inside. In some places people sometimes put a coin into a certain one when making sweet dumplings. It is believed that the one who     9     (happen) to find and eat the sweet dumpling with a coin in     10     will have good luck for the whole year.

My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet.    1     seems that she can’t control herself well, just clicking constantly with the mouse .Let me tell you what happened last night. It was the fourth time that she     2     (shop) online for hours. I had already reminded her     3     (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I had said and replied confidently, “With the New Year     4     (approach),preparation is necessary. Besides, I     5     (not buy) things on the Internet for a whole week.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless. In most cases, the things she buys aren’t of good value. Maybe she just enjoys     6     process of buying online. 

Nowadays,     7     the development of technology, shopping online is becoming more and more convenient. Those     8     stay at home can buy whatever they want. In the meanwhile, it causes a series of     9     (problem).One of them is more spending than before, because people are     10     (easy) attracted by the discount. So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation is an important lesson many people need to learn.

    1     12: 30p. m., I found my maths class really difficult,     2     the teacher was kind and     3     (friend). He even told us a funny story, and everyone laughed so much. At 5: 32p. m., I was doing a chemistry experiment. But a guy always tried to speak to me, which made me     4    (annoy).