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Sneezing, wheezing season begins for hay fever victims. )u]9193
We have had tidings for the country’s 30 million hay sufferers: Sneezing season is here. [+ m?G4[
Summer –were perfect for producing bumper crops of ragweed and goldenrod in many areas of the country. That means pollen counts may be very high during the next two months. :u 8(^]N
Traditionally, sneezing season arrives August 15 and hangs around until the first frost in October. The peak occurs around Labor Day, a holiday that wise hay fever victims spend at the conditioners. Finally well-off hay fever victims jet to Europe because the old continent doesn’t have ragweed and goldenrod. vsWHk7 9
Most of the country east of the Mississippi River basin is infested with the noxious plants, but allergists say the upper Midwest is the nation’s pollen pits, particularly Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. ml|W~-6l
Oddly, the East has two hay fever havens: New York’s Adirondack Mountains and southern Florida, Soil conditions in the Adirondack and Florida aren’t conducive to ragweed and goldenrod. 0$+fkDf
The west states from the Rockies to the Pacific also don’t have sneezy weeds. jn >d*9u
National Weather Service climatologists say folks along the East Coast from Georgia to Maine will have the worst pollen counts this year because rainfall along the Atlantic Seaboard has been all in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine has been 50 percent above normal since New Year’s. &!aAO(g
Rainfall also is 50 percent above normal in parts of lower, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota, and folks in those states also can expect heavy wheezing. m'\ 2:mDu0
Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana have had above normal rains since New Years and they, too ,face high pollen counts. x_Jwd^`t!
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22. The plant most commonly associated with high pollen counts is_______. I1 oje0$
A. the rose B. the dandelion C. ragweed D.seaweeds >>aq,pH
23. According to the article, pollen counts will be unusually high because__________. ay "'#[
A. the season started earlier than usual "s!7dKXI"
B. the Mississippi River is affected by the noxious plants pj4!:{.;
C. climatologists have been working on the problem M?b6'd9f
D. there was a rainy spring and summer in many parts of the country ,Q
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24. The article implies that people who live in the western states from the Rockies to the Pacific__________ ZxV"(\$n
A. will suffer more than anyone else from hay fever %sHF-n5P
B. will nor suffer much from hay fever |-V&O=!^+
C. will fly to Europe during the heavy hay fever season "&+"@ <
D. will always leave for a holiday during the hay fever season fwK}/0%
25. If you had allergies, your doctor probably would warn you against moving to________ '47P|t
A. the upper mid-west B. the lower mid-west .h0b~nI>>
C. southern Florida D. any European country
