Do you know why it is 13 ______ in the summer and cold in the winter? Most people believe that it is because the Earth is closer to the Sun in the summer and 14 ______ from it in the winter. But it is not like this at all! In fact, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is largest in July and smallest in January! Scientists 15 ______ that the reason for different summer and winter temperatures is the angle of the Sun’s rays. In the summer, the rays 16 ______ the Earth almost at a right angle. Due to this, the rays are not spread out and a smaller area of the planet's surface gets the energy. In the winter, the angle 17 ______ and the Sun’s rays are spread out over a larger area. Besides this, the long nights and short days do not give 18 ______ time for the land to warm up.
Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 13–18 словами, напечатанными в правой колонке под цифрами 1–8. Каждое из этих слов может быть использовано только один раз. В ответе укажите цифры, под которыми значатся выбранные Вами слова. Два слова в этом списке 1–8 лишние.
Scientists 15 ______ that the reason for different summer and winter temperatures is the angle of the Sun’s rays.
1) changes
2) reach
3) enough
4) replaced
5) serious
6) farther
7) hot
8) suggest
Правильный ответ указан под номером 8.

