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| No one can change the weather. But if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell how the weather will be. This way of telling of what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting. For many centuries and in all countries, people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Rings around the sun are a sigh of coming rain. Many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather, their joints ache. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting that they fly low. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such rainbows come in the evening. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continues. If a fog appears in the morning just above a river, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be warm. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come. Most of the above saying have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecasting. |
| 1. People's joints ache _______. |
| A. is a sign of coming rain B. without any  reason C. because they are ill D. because of the insects |
| 2. Which is true about weather forecasting? |
| A. Weather forecasting is a report about the weather on the following day or two. B. Weather forecasting is a way of telling what the weather will be like. C. Weather forecasting is a sign of coming rain. D. People can change the weather forecasting. |
| 3. The birds fly high and the stars twinkle clearly is a sign that the weather will _______. |
| A. be warm B. be rainy C. become clear and fine D. be cold |
| 4. A rainbow is a _______ of the fine weather. |
| A. sign B. way C. method D. road |
| 5. We must _______ to make weather forecasting. |
| A. use our eyes and brains B. study the weather hard C. read  correctly signs D. All of the above |