SUPPLY EACH BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD.

Question

 

 

The city of Melbourne, Australia has always had a (1)______ for unusual weather. Melbourne people enjoy (2)______ this joke to visitors: if you don’t like the weather in Melbourne, don’t worry, just wait five minutes, because it’s sure to change. At the beginning of 1992, Melbourne had its (3)______ January for over 100 years. It rained for nine days on (4)______. As well as raining all day, the weather was also cold. At night, people in some Melbourne suburbs were (5)______ on their heating as (6)______ it was winter. It was (7)______ cold many people could (8)______ believe that it was summer at all.

The best weather in Melbourne, however, is not usually in the summer: it is in the autumn. The autumn usually has more pleasant days (9)___ __ the summer. The weather in autumn is usually (10)______ of warm days and cool, comfortable (11)______.

The (12)______ of the city at this time of year is beautiful, too. Melbourne has many lovely gardens and parklands with beautiful trees. In the autumn, the trees change their (13)______ to red, gold and brown. As they are (14)______ in the air by the wind of a late autumn day, the leaves add life to the city. So even if the summer is cold and wet, people in Melbourne can still look forward to the (15)______ of a warm sunny autumn.

 

Answer 1

1. reputation 

2. telling 

3. wettest 

4. end 

5. turning 

6. if

7. so

8. not

9. than

10. comprised

11. nights

12. scenery

13. leaves

14. blown

15. possibility