1 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Spring usually 1 (begin) on February 3-5 every year. From this day on, the days get longer and the weather gets 2 (warm). In addition, from this day to summer, we usually call this period the spring. Besides, it's also a traditional festival in China --- on behalf of the beginning of the new year. So it 3 (value) greatly by Chinese people. There exists the popular custom of eating spring rolls and cakes on that day, so it has another saying of biting spring.
