Direction: In the following questions, in the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

In Britain, the (826) is very varied. People never know (827) it will be like the next day. The summer is (828) than the winter but even (829) summer the average temperature (830) only 16°C. Sometimes the sun keeps (831) but at other times the sky is covered with clouds and it starts (832). In winter it is sometimes terribly (833), especially in the north to the country. The temperature (834) below 0°C and (835) is often snow and ice.