Reading passages

91-The purpose of riddles in conversation 
…………… .
A) is usually to challenge the person who is being 
asked them 
B) is often to show the creativity of the person saying 
them 
C) is said to be a sort of intelligence test of the 
audience 
D) can be to confuse the people who are directed at 
E) be misunderstood by the speaker and the audience 
92- According to the passage, in Africa, both 
riddles and proverbs …….. .
A) are means by which conversation can be kept up 
B) can only be found in certain parts of the continent 
C) show a lack of concern for the listeners' feelings 
D) always describe human behaviour in animalistic 
terms 
E) are mainly used to pass traditions and ideas onto 
younger generations 
93- 
The 
author 
tells 
us 
that 
African 
proverbs……… .
A)are the primary form of entertainment in most parts 
of Africa
B)frequently surprise non-African people because 
they are not expected
C) are used to give advice or comment on the way 
people act 
D) are the sole form of human conversation 
throughout Africa 
E) can easily be confused with riddles as the two are 
similar 
The weather forecast for the next century in England 
is not very good. Winters will have heavy rain 
leading to frequent flooding, gales will cause damage 
to trees and buildings and storms and high tides will 
threaten the coast. Summers will be drier with 
frequent droughts, particularly in the south and east 
of England, with many more days over 25 C - when 

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cities become uncomfortably hot, having negative 
effects upon people's work performance. Events like 
Easter's floods in the Midlands, described in the 
official report as happening once in 100 years, will 
occur at least every 10 years, as will other extreme 
weather events.