It has been so bitterly cold here in Pennsylvania. I can't remember a winter being as cold as this，but I’m sure there were__36___ days．___37__ the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it’s easy to find a(n)_38__not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things．

  As I stood 0utside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face39   crisp and my cars were stinging．Of course，that doesn't_40____to Ricky and Lucy．They have a routine they must__41____to find just the fight  spot _42___ cold or hot it is．So I wait．

  But this time it was different．As cold __43___ it was，I suddenly was refreshed thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was. Then the sun _44__the clouds and  _45___ Of summer’s burning hot days flashed through my mind．I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon,__46____ pouring down my brow and the burning hot sun_47____ my face．I reminded myself then and there that in the  cold of the winter I would I wish I had this___48____

 I was right. Two extremes in my life that most of the time I find uncomfortable, I normally dread them and 49  about it all the way through．But today 1 was50____ them．Without the extremes in my life，I would never_51____ the days__52____ things were just right．Without the extremes life would be__53____ .So bring on the cold so I appreciate the heat more．Make me sweat on a hot summer’s day so I wish I had a handful of_54____ to rub my face in．

  I __55___ complain about my situation too often．But now I want to start finding a reason to be happy with where I’m.

I'll be a photographer. I'm going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before, yet I feel so doubtful on this plane that's flying me thousands of miles away. I was so confident yesterday .But today I don't belong to this plane where men sit with briefcases reading newspapers. They're all adults.
I've never been out of the US. And now ,I'm traveling into Australia alone, a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.
I remember little about my mother, but I remember she had an Australian accent and golden hair. She wan fun and she would often take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia, Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone wore Santa hat with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there. My mom was different and I was proud of her.
I don't know how she met my father. but after they met several years, they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey. Then I was born and we were a perfect family of three who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.
I know things have been hard on my father since my Mom died years ago. It's hard for me, too, and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place.
This is an adventure.
【小题1】How did the author feel when he was on the plane?

I'll be a photographer. I'm going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before, yet I feel so doubtful on this plane that's flying me thousands of miles away. I was so confident yesterday .But today I don't belong to this plane where men sit with briefcases reading newspapers. They're all adults.

I've never been out of the US. And now ,I'm traveling into Australia alone, a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.

I remember little about my mother, but I remember she had an Australian accent and golden hair. She wan fun and she would often take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia, Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone wore Santa hat with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there. My mom was different and I was proud of her.

I don't know how she met my father. but after they met several years, they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey. Then I was born and we were a perfect family of three who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.

I know things have been hard on my father since my Mom died years ago. It's hard for me, too, and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place.

This is an adventure.

1.How did the author feel when he was on the plane?

2.The author traveled to Australia alone mainly because he wanted to__.

3.The third paragraph is mainly concerned with__.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

5.Where did the author most probably write this passage?