Questions 6-10 are based on Passage Two.

6. According to the author, most commentators' explanations for the English love for weather talk are ______.

A. misleading                       

B. incorrect

C. absurd                        

D. biased

7. As is stated in the passage, most commentators try to find out ______.

A. why the English weather is so unique

B. whether the English enjoy their weather

C. why the English are keen on the topic of weather

D. whether the English really talk about weather when they do so

8. In Bill Bryson's opinion, the English obsession with their weather is ______.

A. interesting                      

B. unjustified

C. exaggerated                     

D. understandable

9. Disapproving of Bill Bryson's opinion, Jeremy Paxman argues that ______.

A. the English talk about their weather because it is unpredictable

B. the English don't talk about weather as often as the outsiders think

C. the English weather can be as exciting as anywhere else's

D. the English weather talk is merely a form of small talk

10. According to the author, English weather-speak is similar to primates' social grooming in that they are both ______.

A. ways of greeting

B. means of social bonding

C. fascinating topics for anthropologists

D. inexplicable phenomena to outsiders