Упр.10 Unit 2 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Михеева 9 класс

Read the text from “The Daily Telegraph” and complete it with the phrases (a—h) below.

• a) this explains why
• b) according to one eyewitness
• c) the moisture capacity of air at $$30^\circ\mathrm{C}$$ is five times what it is at $$5^\circ\mathrm{C}$$
• d) drizzle falls frequently in winter
• e) much of the damage was in the town centre
• f) on August 10, 1893
• g) Mid-June and mid-August
• h) by a ferocious hailstorm

Rain Falls Hardest in the Feverish Month of July

There is one immutable fact about British rain: it falls harder in summer than in winter — and it falls hardest of all in July. Sudden downpours are a characteristic of summer. Just as showers are typical of spring, (1) And autumn often brings driving rain.

This is all down to the fact that warm air can hold much more moisture than cold air: (2) When conditions are right for the release of that moisture, such as when rising air currents produce towering cumulonimbus clouds, a lot more rain will fall in a given time in summer than in any other season. (3)

It also explains why we often talk about tropical downpours to describe such cloudbursts. Nearly all of our heaviest short downpours happen between (4)

Recording equipment, of course, can only take a limited sample of the weather and this is particularly true of rainfall levels which can vary enormously from place to place. As far as the records are concerned, the biggest five-minute fall in the UK occurred (5) at Preston, Lancashire, when 1.25 inches fell. Put another way, that is two weeks’ worth of rain in 300 seconds, or an average rate of 15 inches per hour.

The heaviest rain was accompanied (6) Some hailstones were “as large as a shilling piece”. The hail was so heavy that it was impossible to see more than a yard through it, (7)

As might be expected, (8) Many streets, houses and shops were flooded to a depth of 2 ft, main sewers burst, and manhole covers were forced off as water spurted six feet into the air.