Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. The end of December and the beginning of January are the (23)______times for the Japanese post offices. The Japanese have a custom of (24)________ New Year's Day postcards to their friends and relatives, similar (25)______ the Western custom of sending Christmas cards. Their original purpose was (26)_____your faraway friends and relatives tidings of yourself and your immediate family. In other words, (27)_____custom existed for people to tell others whom they did not often meet that they were alive and well. 23. A.busiest B.busier C.most busy D.more busy 24. A.send B.sent C.to send D.sending 25. A.for B.to C.with D.as 26. A.gives B.of giving C.for giving D.to give 27. A.a B.its C.this D.these