Задание

Заполните пропуск 3, преобразовав слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

 The New Year festival celebrates the beginning of the new year\. It is one of the 1 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and the most universally observed festivals\.  
 Civilizations around the world 2 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  the start of each new year for at least four millennia\. Today, most New Year’s festivities begin on December 31 \(New Year’s Eve\), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 \(New Year’s Day\)\.  
 January 3 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the first month of the Gregorian calendar\. The Romans derived the name for the month from 4 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ god Janus, who had two faces, one looking backward and the other forward\.