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1. ______ On the Winter Solstice, jiaozi is eaten in the north while people eat tangyuan in the south.
2. ______ It marks the longest day and shortest night, when the sun reaches its highest point.
3. ______ The 9th Asian Winter Games in 2025 was held successfully during this Solar Term.
4. ______ It is the time when temperature keeps dropping and snow starts to fall in northern China.
5. ______ During this Solar Term, crops of the warm season enjoy their fastest period of growth.

Ever since I was little, my favourite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate. 1, winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother 2 it didn't snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions. 3 one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.
That year, 4 my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window, 5 to see just one snowflake. But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.
By my sixteenth birthday, I 6 all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for 7. During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I 8 the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow falling 9 all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming and laughing. My friends all laughed 10 me, but I didn't care.
When I 11 home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was 12 because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal(水晶) snowflake with a card that 13, "Happy Birthday."
How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother's final 14 on my "sweet sixteenth". I cried.
I was 15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.
() 1. A. Certainly B. Unluckily C. Importantly D. Luckily
() 2. A. how B. why C. when D. whether
() 3. A. But B. Or C. Then D. So
() 4. A. on B. after C. in D. before
() 5. A. planning B. hoping C. deciding D. ordering
() 6. A. reached B. saw C. lost D. closed
() 7. A. it B. him C. me D. her
() 8. A. had B. designed C. played D. feared
() 9. A. away B. off C. out D. down
() 10. A. with B. at C. from D. off
() 11. A. left B. decorated C. cleaned D. got
() 12. A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. confused
() 13. A. wrote B. said C. appeared D. explained
() 14. A. order B. wish C. mistake D. decision
() 15. A. certain B. surprised C. sad D. angry