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When you look at clouds, you will notice that there are many different kinds. Some clouds are high

and thin, some are white and fluffy(蓬松的), and others look dark and heavy.

There are four kinds of clouds. They are high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds, and clouds that

grow vertically(垂直的). And the clouds in these four groups are named for the way they look.

Cirrus clouds are high clouds that are more than 5 kilometers above earth. Cirrus clouds look like

curly hair, and the word cirrus just means “curl of hair”. Some high clouds that look like layers(层)are

called cirrostratus clouds. The word status means “layer”.

About 3 to 6.5 kilometers above earth are the middle clouds. Altostratus clouds are light gray, and

Altostratus clouds are very fluffy. Another cloud that sometimes can be a middle cloud is Nimbostratus

cloud. Nimbo comes from the word nimbus, which means “heavy rain”. These clouds make a gray layer

from which rain and snow falls.

The low clouds are no higher than about 1.6 kilometers above earth. Two kinds of clouds are often

found here. Stratocumulus clouds are light and dark. Stratus clouds are very low.

The foutth froup of clouds grows vertically. These clouds have a hase near the ground but rise to a

great height. Cumulus clouds can grow up on top of one another. When they grow up high, they are

called cumulonimbus clouds. These clouds can rise as high as 18 kilometers.

71. We learn from the passage many names of clouds, and all of them belong to _______ groups.

A. two B. four C. six

72. Cirrus clouds and Cirrostratus clouds are given the names by what they _____.

A. are used for B. are made from C. look like

73. It is going to be ________ when we see Nimbostratus clouds in the sky.

A. sunny B. windy C. rainy

74. Clouds that grow vertically rise into the sky in the way of the picture ________ shows.

75. Which of the following statements is TRUE? 6

A. We know the clouds that are more than 3 kilometers above are called high clouds.

B. Clouds are divided into four groups according to how far they’re away from earth.

C. According to this passage, we know clouds that grow vertically all stay very high in the sky.

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