Practice Test 9

Passage 1:

The Wasniak Herald
Wednesday, August 14
From WTH Meteorological Center

Meteorologists have forecasted severe thunderstorms covering most of Wasniak. Heavy rain is expected to start early on Thursday morning and will continue until Sunday evening. The rain will also be accompanied by colder temperatures, hovering around 24 degrees Celcius. And while the predicted amount of rainfall should be less than 10 centimeters, some areas may see flooding.
The rain should be let up by Sunday night, but clouds will remain until early on Tuesday.
 
Passage 2:
 
The Wasniak Herald
Tuesday, August 19
By Hong Tran

Unpredictable Weather Deals Heavy Blow to Parks and Recreation Department

The Wasniak P&R Department reports that more than 30 outdoor programs and events, from family reunions to wedding ceremonies, were cancelled last weekend. These events were cancelled because of a severe rain and thunderstorm forecast that was issued earlier in the week. Despite the grim prediction, however, the weather was not that bad. In fact, the rain did not last very long; after a short drizzles, the sun returned. The temperature was as predicted, as it was somewhere very close t o24 degrees. It was altogether a pretty nice day on Saturday, and would have been an even nicer day for everyone had the scheduled events not been cancelled.

These cancellations caused a significant loss of revenue for the P&R Department. “The money from these types of public events accounts for a very large amount of our yearly revenue, and supports most of funding for the parks maintenance for the whole year”, said Davie Wong, a financial manager at Parks and Recreation. He went on to say that he hopes they can find some time to reschedule the events, and that they can partially recover the lost funds.