在图中的空格内填入适当的字母，使每一竖行都成为初二册第12-14单元中的单词，并能填入下列相应的句子中。

　　1. Thank you for your _________ card.

　　2. What's the _________ like today?

　　3. Please _________ down these new words in your exercise books.

　　4. It will be cloudy at _________.

　　5. Winter is the coldest _________ of the year.

　　6. The sun will come out _________ on.

　　7. —Can I take a _________ for you?

　　—Certainly.

　　8. We are going to have an English _________ next week.

　　9. —How long were you away from school last term?

　　—_________ than a week.

　　10. Here is the weather _________ for the next twenty-four hours.

　　11. Tomorrow is Linda's fourteenth _________.

　　12. Our English teacher came into the classroom with a _________ on his face.

　　13. I think the weather will be much _________ tomorrow.

　　14. Chongqing will be very hot, and the _________ will be above 39.

　　15. —How is the weather today? —It's _________.

　　16. —What was the _________ yesterday? —It was December 2nd.

　　Key to Christmas present

　　1. Christmas 2. weather 3. write 4. times 5. season 6. later 7. message 8. exam 9. Less 10. report 11. birthday 12. smile 13. worse 14. temperature 15. windy 16. date

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