Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks. (1.0 point) Weather     Weather influences the lives of everyone. The climate of any country depends on its position on Earth, its ...(31)... from the sea and how high it is. In countries which have sea all ... (32)... them, like Britain and New Zealand, winters are mild and summers are cool. There is not a huge change from one season to ... (33).... Countries near the Equator have hot weather all year with some ... (34)...rain, except in deserts where it rains very little. Above the desert there are no clouds in the sky so the temperature of the sun can easily warm the ground during the day but it gets very cold at night. People are always interested in unusual weather and pictures of tornadoes, for example, are shown on television. Strong winds and rain can ... (35)... a lot of damage to buildings and in spite of modern methods of weather forecasting they can still surprise us. Question 31.  A- distance B- space            C- depth             D- length Question 32.  A-through              B-beside             C-around                        D-near Question 33.  A- next                  B- another                      C-later               D-other Question 34.  A- hard                 B- large              C-heavy             D-great Question 35.  A- make                B- happen                      C-have               D-cause