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
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.
