Place a piece of dark metal and a price of light－coloured wood or cloth about the same

Place a piece of dark metal and a price of light-coloured wood or cloth about the same size side by side in the sunlight on a bright afternoon. Touch them after a while. or set a thermometer on each. You will find the dark metal is hotter , though both have been warmed by the sun for the same length of time. This is because some things absorb more heat from the sun than others , lying in their colour , form. and material. A ploughed field of black soil becomes heated faster than a lake. This curious fact about heating explains the most common thunderstorms-the kind seen on a summer afternoon.

31. The word ‘absorb’ in this passage means ().

A. to occupy the full attention , interest. or time of

B. to take in

C. to endure

D. to take over (a cost or costs)

32. From the passage we know ().

A. the colour of wood or cloth is lighter than that of metal

B. if you stand in a cornfield you' 11 feel hotter than in a ploughed field

C. when the sunlight is not a quite bright light-coloured wood absorbs more heat than dark metal

D. dark things absorb more heat from the sun than others for the same length of time due to their colour , form. and material

33. The underlined word ‘ thermometer' probably

means ()

A. something that is like a stove

B. an instrument for measuring temperature

C. a tool which is used to heat

D. a tool which can be stared and stopped when necessary

34. The last sentence ‘This curious fact. .. ' leads us to conclude that ().

A. thunderstorms break out over a lake

B. thunderstorms have something to do with the heat from the sun

C. thunderstorms are often seen in winter , too

D. thunderstorms have never happened in dark materials

35. 'The cornfield absorbs more heat than a lake' implies

()

A. the cornfield is huge

B. they are about the same size

C. a cornfield is darker than a lake

D. different materials have different temperatures in the sunlight