Wintertime is c【小题1】. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, November, December, January and F【小题2】 are winter months. They include six solar terms (节气): lidong (beginning of winter), xiaoxue (light snow), daxue (heavy snow), dongzhi (winter solstice), xiaohan (lesser cold) and dahan (greater cold).

Winter b【小题3】 at lidong (Nov 7-8), after it, most parts of the country can start to expect (盼望) cold weather. On this day, after a year of hard work, people are happy to take a break and s【小题4】 some time with family. Chinese in the north celebrate lidong as the "Small Spring Festival' People have dumplings and eat mutton (羊肉) soup.

Xiaoxue (Nov 22-23) and daxue (Dec 6-8) come after lidong. During xiaoxue, northern China can expect snow and t【小题5】 slowly falls below 0℃. Daxue means even more snow and much colder days.

When dongzhi (Dec 21-23) comes, it brings the s【小题6】 days of the year and the longest nights. Many places around the country can expect the coldest weather. Ancient (古代的) Chinese would often start counting “nine cold periods” (数九寒天) starting from dongzhi. E【小题7】 cold period has nine days. They believed that after 81 cold days, spring would a【小题8】. Xiaohan (Jan 4-6) usually brings the coldest weather of the year. There may be strong winds.

F【小题9】, during dahan (Jan 19-21), the weather fills the fields with snow. All Chinese are ready to welcome the Chinese New Year after dahan. Spring Festival, C【小题10】 most important festival, falls at this time. After that, a new round of solar terms will start.

Rain comes from the clouds. Look, 【小题1】 are black clouds now in the sky. How fast they move along! See, they have hidden the sun. They 【小题2】 covered up the sun, just as you cover up your face when you put something over it. But there is one little bit of blue sky.

Now there is no blue sky at all it is all black with the clouds. It is very dark, like night. It will rain soon.

Now the rain begins. 【小题3】 large drops! The ducks are very glad; but the little birds 【小题4】 not glad, they go and shelter themselves under the trees.

Now the rain is over. It was only 【小题5】 shower.

Now the flowers smell sweet, and the bright sun shines, and the little birds sing again.

There are four seasons in a year in my hometown. They are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

In spring, grass and trees 【小题1】 (turn) green. The weather is 【小题2】 too cold nor too hot. The 【小题3】 (windy) blows gently. The flowers 【小题4】 (blossom) one by one.

I can play on the 【小题5】 (swing) in the park and have a field trip with my classmates on 【小题6】 (sun) days. I like this season best.

In summer, it is often very hot. I go swimming 【小题7】 (near) every day because it is cool in the water. It usually rains a lot in late July and early August. 【小题8】 (sometime) it rains heavily. 【小题9】 it rains, I stay at home. I don’t like rainy days.

In autumn, it’s fine. Leaves turn yellow. The sky is blue. The farmers are busy 【小题10】 their crops. I often go out with my friends to enjoy the pleasure of the harvest (丰收).

In winter, the temperature drops below zero. It is often snowy. I need to wear my jackets and boots. I don’t like this season. Do you like it?