阅读理解。
The climate of any place is the kind of weather. It usually has
over a long period of time. The houses we live in, the clothes we wear,
and the food we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.
Climate is a pattern that is not nearly as simple as we think,
and it is affected by many factors. The distance to the North or
South Pole or to the equator really matters a lot. If you live near
either of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for the place where
you live does not get as much or as direct sunshine as a place
farther away from the poles. In places close to the equator, the
climate is very hot, for they are the parts where the sun shines
almost straight down.
Whether rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the
climate. In hot, dry deserts, little rain falls, but in a hot rainforest,
the amount (数量) of rainfalls is far larger than that in a desert, for
there is a heavy rain almost every day, even several times per day.
Though a rainforest and a desert may be the same distance from the
equator, their climates are rather different from each other.
How much rain or snow falls is considered by some to be
determined by the winds, the surrounding mountains and the
currents (水流) in nearby seas and so on. In short, it is a very
complex natural phenomenon.
1. This passage mainly talks about ____.
A. weather
B. different climates
C. climate and its determining factors
D. the difference between weather and climate
2. From this passage, we know climate and weather are ____ and climate is ____.
A. almost the same; the general term of weather
B. quite different; the average weather conditions at a particular place over a period of time
C. not the same; included by weather
D. very much alike; bigger and weather is smaller
3. The climates between a tropical(热带的) desert and a tropical rainforest are different in ____ .
A. the amount of rainfalls
B. the winds and the surrounding mountains
C. the currents in nearby seas
D. how much sunshine the two different places can get
4. From the context, we can guess that the word "complex" means ____ .
A. simple
B. easy to understand
C. rather
D. difficult to understand