Biometeorology is said by some to be a new science that researches the effect weather has on people and their health. Perhaps you have an aunt who can predict the weather by some ache or pain, or a cousin who suffers from headaches or depression when the humidity is high. Scientists say that one out of every three persons is weather sensitive. This means that he reacts physically to winds, humidity, hot and cold weather.
  
  1. We understand from this text that _____ .
  A) weather has a big effect on our health
  B) we suffer from headaches when humidity is high
  C) Biometeorology studies the relationship between relatives
  D) all aunts can predict the weather by some pain
  2. The word "predict" in this text is closest in meaning with _____ .
  A) trap
  B) survive
  C) forecast
  D) release
  3. What is the best title for this text?
  A) Physical reaction
  B) Humidity
  C) Depression
  D) Weather Sensitivity

  Archaeology is the name given to one of the sciences through which people can find out about their past. It derives from two Greek words which mean "the study of old things". Through archaeology it is possible to learn about human beings who lived before any history was written to tell us about them. An archaeologist looks at the things these people made and left behind them, and tries to understand from them what the people were like and how they lived.
   Many archaeological discoveries are made by digging up the ground in places where people are believed to have lived. The remains of their cities are nearly always below the ground, because when one city was destroyed a new one was often built on top of it, burying the old one underneath. Gradually layers of soil and rubbish were piled up over the old remains.
   Prehistoric archaeology is the study of human beings before history began to be written. It is carried out by very careful excavation (digging). There may also be traces of the activities of prehistoric people visible on the ground, such as earthworks and the marks of filled-in holes. Something may also be learned from objects such as flint tools picked up from the surface.
  
  1. Which is the best definition for archaeology?
  A) It is the written materials of past events.
  B) It is the history of people who lived in Greece.
  C) It is the science of learning about what people made in the past.
  D) It is the science of finding out about the life of people in the past.
  2. The word "derives" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____
  A) comes
  B) explores
  C) gets
  D) operates
  3. According to the passage, archaeological discoveries are made by _____
  A) digging up the ground
  B) studying the Greek language
  C) finding the places where there are old things
  D) looking at the things people made in the past
  4. The remains of the cities are always below the ground because _____
  A) they were nearly in places where people lived
  B) a city destroyed buried the old one under it
  C) when one city was destroyed a new city was built on it
  D) layers of soil and rubbish moved and covered the remains of old cities
  5. The pronoun "it" in the 3" paragraph refers to _____
  A) excavation
  B) history
  C) study
  D) archeology

  Engines that were driven by steam at the beginning of this century are now often driven by petrol or diesel-oil. Small engines are called motors which are generally driven by petrol or electricity. Who can say what sort of power will be used at the end of this century? The power of atom, atomic energy, or nuclear power has already been used to make electricity and to drive ships.Will oil be replaced gradually by nuclear power, just as coal was replaced by oil? Or will an even oetter source of power be discovered?
  
  1. Within the last hundred years, the source of power used in the engines has changed from_____
  A) coal to atomic energy
  B) coal to petrol
  C) petrol to diesel-oil
  D) petrol to nuclear power
  2. Oil will be probably replaced by_____ in the near future.
  A) an unknown source
  B) a petrol product
  C) the atomic energy
  D) the electric power
  3. Motors which are driven by petrol now_____
  A) are kinds of small engines
  B) are to be rebuilt in the future
  C) will be driven by atomic power
  D) will be driven by oil