My father died when I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} little kid. We were too poor {#blank#}2{#/blank#} buy food. My mother got two part-time jobs to pay for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (I) education. She did everything to make me live {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (happy). 

At {#blank#}5{#/blank#} age of twenty-two, I found a good job. However, a few {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (month) later, the doctor told me I had a stomach cancer. It's difficult for me to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (accept) the fact. My mother {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cook) simple but delicious food for me.

      After another CT, the doctor told me my tumor (肿瘤) got much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (small) than before, and I was away from the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (dangerous) of the cancer.

I{#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#}some strawberry ice cream．

Chongyang Festival {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (celebrate) on the ninth day of the ninth month on the traditional Chinese calendar, and it is also known as Double Ninth Festival.

In Chinese culture, the number nine is thought to be yang. The ninth day of the ninth month is a double yang day and "double"{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (mean) Chong in Chinese, so it got the name Chongyang Festival. The ninth month also heralds（预示）the coming of winter, so it is a time when the living need warm clothes, and some people make the festival a time for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (provide) special clothes for their ancestors（祖先）.

During the festival, people usually {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (climb) mountains, wear the zhuyu plant, drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, and eat Chongyang cake. Cake in Chinese is pronounced "gao" meaning high, so people consider climbing a high mountain to be the same as eating cake. Also, people think they {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (do) better than before after eating the cake.

Double Ninth Festival is also Seniors' Day— a day to care for the elder people and to let them {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (enjoy) themselves. On the day, many communities organize retired people to go out {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (climb) mountains.