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The first public weather forecasts in Britain were issued in 1861 by Robert FitzRoy, using reports telegraphed from coastal stations. Newspapers mocked the forecasts' errors. Fishermen, who had lost crews to storms nobody had foreseen, defended them — and when the forecasts were briefly suspended, the fishermen petitioned for them to be restored.
According to the text, how did fishermen respond to FitzRoy's forecasts?
- A. They supported the forecasts and asked for them to be restored after a suspension.Correct
- B. They mocked the forecasts for their errors.
- C. They refused to go to sea on days with bad forecasts.
- D. They sent weather reports by telegraph from the coast.
Answer: A. They supported the forecasts and asked for them to be restored after a suspension.
The text says fishermen 'defended them' and 'petitioned for them to be restored'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. They mocked the forecasts for their errors.
- Mocking is what the newspapers did.
- C. They refused to go to sea on days with bad forecasts.
- The text doesn't describe what fishermen did on particular days.
- D. They sent weather reports by telegraph from the coast.
- The telegraphed reports came from coastal stations, not fishermen.
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