Mark the letter A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the answer which best fits each of the numbered blanks in each of the following questions. (1.0 point)

Weather
Weather influences die lives ___(1)___ everyone. The climate of any country' depends on its position on Earth, its distance from the sea and how high it is. In countries ___(2)___ have sea all around them, like Britain and New Zealand, winters are mild and summers are cool. There is not a huge change from one season to another.
Countries near the equator have hot weather all year with some ___(3)___ rain, except deserts where it rains very little. Above the desert there are no clouds in the sky, so the heat of the sun can ___(4)___ warm the ground during the day, but it gets very cold at night. People are always ___(5)___ in unusual weather and pictures of tornadoes, for example, are shown on television. Strong winds and rain can cause a lot of damage to buildings, and in spite of modern methods of weather forecasting they can still surprise us.