ЗАДАНИЕ 9 Выберите несколько вариантов ответов **Read Ann's blog about winter again and tick all the right sentences to answer the question. Why do children like winter? Winter is the coldest season of a year. It begins in December. This is the time when lakes and rivers start covering with ice and the first snow begins to fall. When there is a lot of snow in the streets and the ice is strong enough, people often go outside for their favourite winter amusements like skiing, skating, sledging and throwing snowballs. The end of December is the end of a year itself, and a new year comes with January. In this month, there are hard frosts and blizzards rage. It usually lasts until the middle of February and then changes into slight thaw periods. The weather becomes quite warm and sunny, and we can feel the spring approaching. Children like winter because they can ski or sledge. Boys like to play hockey and snowballs. Girls like to skate and make a snowman. In winter, the people of our country celebrate New Year's Day. They decorate a New Year tree and give presents to each other. Everybody likes this holiday. There is no snow in winter. They celebrate New Year's Day. They can swim. They can pick mushrooms and berries in the forests. They can play snowballs. There is a lot of vegetables in the gardens.