______is another way of saying “fall”.

    A. Spring   B. Summer      C. Autumn            D. Winter

C
Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. After I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sorrowful days: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t.
In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life passed quickly.
Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.
But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end.
【小题1】The writer started walking more slowly in the _______ of his life.

China is a big country. The weather in the north is quite different from ___1____ in the south. My hometown is Changchun. It’s a beautiful city in the ____2____ of China. In the city, the spring is warm, the summer is ___3____, the autumn is cool and the winter is ____4____. In the winter, people can ____5____ snowmen and play ____6____ snowballs. People can also go ____7____ and skiing. They usually spend a(n) ____8_____ winter. Now many people in the south and even some ____9____ come to the north of China to see the ___10_____ in the winter.

Spring comes after ______.

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