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Hello, I'm Linlin. I didn't like summer before. I thought it was too hot and I couldn't swim. Now I like summer very much. I like swimming and eating ice cream. My friend Ming didn't like winter before. He thought it was too cold and he couldn't go cycling. Now he loves to ice-skate and play in the snow. Now we often swim and eat ice cream together in summer. We often ice-skate and play in the snow in winter.
( )1. Linlin didn't like ______ before.
A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
( )2. Linlin likes ______.
A. fishing
B. walking
C. swimming
D. playing
( )3. Ming didn't like winter before. ______ he thought it was too cold.
A. Because
B. Because of
C. So
D. So that
( )4. Ming likes ______ in winter.
A. ice-skating
B. swimming
C. climbing
D. watching
( )5. They often ______ in summer and ______ in winter.
A. ice-skate; swim
B. swim; eat ice cream
C. ice-skate; eat ice cream
D. eat ice cream; ice-skate

1.B 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.D