题目内容：

阅读并回答问题（每题2分，共10分）

TV news programs report the weather . Radio stations tell us the weather , too. Newspapers show us weather forecasts(预报) on maps.

Why do people want to know about the weather ? People want to make plans . Some people want to have a good time with friends . Other people want safety while doing their jobs.

Airport managers need to know about the weather . In bad weather ,their planes cannot fly . Farmers need to know about the weather . In bad weather , they must protect their crops . Fishermen need to know about the weather . In bad weather , they cannot go out to fish.

Computers help us know about the weather . They get new weather information quickly. They can use this to predict(预测) how the weather might change . Unfortunately, we can still only guess. We all hope that weather will be easier to predict in the future.

1.Where can you get information about the weather?

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2.Why do people need weather forecasts?

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3.Why do farmers need to know about the weather?

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4.Do fishermen need weather forecasts? Why or why not?

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5.What is the passage mainly about?

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