Unit 3 Benchmark The Wettest Place on Earth

During the months from October to the next April in Cherrapunji and Mawsynram --

• very little rain falls

• crops and trees grow well

• the people store extra water

• miners dig for coal and limestone

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Look at the photograph and read the caption on page. 62. What danger caused by heavy rainfall does this photograph portray?

• danger to crops

• danger to people

• danger to forests

• danger to other nations

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Weather patterns affect life in Cherrapunji and Mawsynram by making these towns --

• very green

• good areas for mining

• hard places to survive

• important for trade

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According to the article, which of the following is the "wettest place in the world"?

• Bangladesh

• India

• Los Angeles

• New York City

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The main cause of the high rainfall in Cherrapunji and Mawsynram is that --

• the towns are close to one another

• the people have cut down most of the trees

• the monsoon blows directly across the towns

• the water in the ocean is evaporating at a high rate

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The people of Cherrapunji and Mawsymram cannot repair storage tanks and pipes because they --

• have too little time

• get too much rainfall

• have too little money

• live too far from other towns

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Paragraph 8 ends the selection by quoting from a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The poem is about being on the ocean. How is being on an ocean like living in Cherrapunji or Mawsynram?

• In both places, there is a lot of water for growing crops

• In both places, there is a lot of fresh water that floods homes

• In both places, there is a lot of water, yet people can go thirsty

• In both places, there is a lot of water, but it is too salty to drink

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