Ma Xin is a 12-year-old student. She likes all the months of the year. Let’s 【小题1】 (have) a look.

January 1st is the 【小题2】 (one) day of the year. She likes to say “Happy New Year” to 【小题3】 (she) friends. The second month is February. This month she always 【小题4】 (go) to see her dear grandparents. Ma Xin’s birthday is 【小题5】 March, the third month. She also loves April. They have a school trip on April 8th. What about May and June, the fifth 【小题6】 the sixth months? She is busy 【小题7】 her study. Then comes her favorite July and August. After the test, she doesn’t go to school.

The new term starts in September, the ninth month of the year. Then she has some interesting and fun 【小题8】 (thing) to do. On October 12th she goes to the book 【小题9】 (sell) and on November 8th they have 【小题10】 art festival. And they have an English party on December 20th. She always has a good time there.

The winter vacation is coming. What will you do 【小题1】（在……期间）your vacation? I want to have a healthy and relaxing vacation. I think everyone has his own ideas. So do I. First, I want to get up early and choose one kind of sports every day to 【小题2】（改善） my physical health. Then I want to help my parents with lots of 【小题3】（家务劳动）. I hope they can relax themselves as much as 【小题4】（可能的）. After that it will be my fifteenth birthday. I will eat the 【小题5】（传统的）food---noodles, it is a symbol of long life. I may have a party and 【小题6】（邀请）some of my classmates to come. We'll sing, dance and play games together. 【小题7】（最后）, I hope to enjoy the life in the countryside 【小题8】（舒适地）with my grandparents. What about you, my dear friend? What are you 【小题9】（计划）to do in winter vacation? Can you tell me? Maybe you can talk with your parents, they have more 【小题10】（经验）. Hope to hear from you soon.

Let me tell you something about Spring Festival in China. Usually it falls in January 【小题1】 February in solar calendar. It is the most important 【小题2】 in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare many things. We buy pork, beef, chicken, fruits and many other things to eat and to treat our relatives and friends. And we often make 【小题3】 special kind of food “dumplings”. It 【小题4】 “come together”. On the day before the festival, parents 【小题5】 new clothes for their children. Young grown-ups also buy presents for their parents. 【小题6】 the Spring Festival Eve, all the people should try their best to come back to 【小题7】 hometowns, no matter how far they work from their hometowns. This is a happy and exciting moment. Some sing and dance, some 【小题8】 cards and others get the reunion dinner ready. When people enjoy the dinner, they give each other the best wishes for the coming 【小题9】. We all have a great 【小题10】.