Reading passages

245- According to the passage, December, 10th is significant from the point that .......... .
A) it coincides the delivery date of the Nobel prizes with its namesake’s demise date
B) it's the choice of Alfred Nobel in his will
C) it is the date of the establishment of Nobel Foundation
D) it's the earliest possible date for the Norwegian parliament
E) the works of the candidates can be checked until that date
246- In order to be nominated to one of the Nobel prizes, ............... .
A) one should reside in Sweden and be a graduate of
Royal Swedish academy
B) someone authority in the related branch should show his written approval of it
C) a scientist must find someone to talk in favour of him before the Nobel committee
D) one should be experienced and have many research papers
E) one should be in good terms with the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm
Over the past 30 years, hurricanes have been responsible for four of the five biggest natural disasters to hit America. Although better forecasting and evacuation have, over the past century, reduced the death toll from 7,000 to a few score each year, the amount of hurricane-induced damage to property has risen enormously. Hurricane Andrew, the worst to hit America in the 1990s, inflicted $37 billion-worth of destruction. That is why the AAAS devoted a day-long session to the science of hurricanes and, in particular, to ways of improving the forecasting of their behaviour on time scales that stretch from hours to millennia. Such knowledge would be useful in many ways. It would help those in the path of a storm to decide their response. It would help those who govern storm-prone areas to plan and regulate their buildings more safely. And it would help those who pick up the bill — the world’s insurance and reinsurance companies — to prepare and to stay profitable.(d,a,b)
247- From the passage, it's clear that AAAS.............. .
A) has failed to come up with a solution the hurricanes hitting America
B) was better at forecasting a couple of decades ago
C) is the name of a hurricane which has recently hit America
D) Is, perhaps, an institute making studies on climatic conditions of America
E) wouldn't have caused so much damage in America if it had been forecast accurately