1. We learn from the passage that ____________.
A. the author had little money to buy the air ticket from London to Newcastle
B. the author probably flew to London from a warm place
C. the author’s relatives missed meeting her in London
D. the author’s cell phone wasn’t functioning in Britain
2. Which of the following information is of great importance to the author’s relatives?
A. Why the flight was called off.
B. Why the flight was delayed.
C. Where the author was put up.
D. When the author would arrive.
3. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. British people always suffer from terrible weather in winter.
B. British people are usually helpful.
C. The author was kind of careless.
D. The author was grateful to the airline.
B
Accurately forecasting the weather is a very hard thing to do. There are many parts of weather dynamics-the study of how water and air in motion cause weather patterns-to consider. Even the best forecast can be changed by a small weather disturbance halfway around the world. Today’s forecast use complex computer models, weather instruments, and detailed analyses of daily observations to predict the weather. However, it hasn’t always been that way. People, like your grandparents, use folklore and proverbs to help forecast the weather. They remembered what conditions caused changes and observed the factors associated with weather: atmospheric and cloud conditions, temperature, winds, and reactions of plants and animals. Many people believe that this way of forecasting weather is accurate more often than modem forecasting.
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