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24. We can conclude from the passage that …
A) Nature always cares for people. B) People can live without Nature.
C) People evolved before Nature. D) Nature doesn`t need people.
25. What does I WILL GO ON mean in the text?
A) Nature can live forever B) Nature lives a bit longer than people.
C) Nature continues existing D) Nature can live longer with people.
26. According the passage what doesn`t matter to Mother Nature?
A) Increasing population of the world B) Humans` attitude
C) How many things people can get from Nature D) Mankind`s living harmony with Nature
27. How old is Mother Nature?
A) 225 000 years old B) 4 billion years old C) 220 500 years old D) 4,5 billion years old


Fahrenheit is the system of measuring the temperature, how hot or cold something is, used by many people in Britain. The freezing point of Fahrenheit is 32 degrees. So a cold winter`s day in Britain would have a temperature of 38 F (3 centigrade), and a hot summer`s day would have a temperature of 90 F (32 centigrade). The Fahrenheit scale was invented by the German scientist Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1710. Today in Britain most people over twenty-five know Fahrenheit scale but the centigrade system (Celsius) is being used more and more. Weather forecasts on television and in newspapers show temperature in both scales.
28. It is explained in the passage that the term Fahrenheit …
A) has retained its popularity among young people.
B) is very rarely used in Britain today.
C) refers to the scale of temperature between 32 and 90.
D) derives from the name of a German scientist.
29. It is implied in the passage that in the long turn, the Celsius system …
A) will replace the Fahrenheit one.
B) will be remembered only by the elderly.
C) seems likely to be favoured by newspapers but not by television.
D) will improve and become more reliable.