Use of English PRO

According to popular US tradition, the groundhog, a small furry animal, (0) COMES OUT of its winter sleep on 2 February. If the sky is clear, he sees his shadow. This means, there are going to be six more weeks of (1) ............ weather and he returns to his hole. If the day is cloudy and he can’t see his shadow, it means there will be an (2) ............ spring and he stays above ground. Each year reporters (3) ............ in Montigal, Pensylvania, at dawn and a large (4) ............ of cameras are focused on the burrow of a groundhog called Punxsuawney Phil. In 1993, the Hollywood movie Groundhog Day (5) ............ Phil into a major celebrity and the following February, over 40.000 people (6) ............ in Punxsuawney. Unfortunately, (7) ............ the large crowds were hoping for a prediction of good weather, Phil saw his shadow and returned to his hole, so everyone knew that winter was going to (8) ............ for a few more weeks.