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24. According to the passage, what is the job of the valet service?

A) Their job is to feed the guests’ pets. B) Their job is to park the guests’ cars.

C) Their job is to clean the guests’ shoes. D) Their job is to clean the guests’ clothes
Rays of sunlight travel from 150 million kilometres away, and when they reach the Earth, they are parallel rays. The curve of the Earth means that the rays are vertical at the Equator but at quite a low angle when they reach temperate latitudes. As the rays lose heat passing through the atmosphere, the more direct the journey, the greater the heat which penetrates through to the surface of the Earth. The vertical rays in equatorial latitudes mean that it is much hotter at the Equator than it is in the regions where the sun’s rays strike at a low angle. It is these variations in temperature that are largely responsible for the changes in weather.