请教：2016英语专八改错练习题三十一第2小题如何解答？

methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual __5__factors controlled the weather.

"Before the glowworm lights his __9__lamp , then the air is always damp ."

Some forecasters used __4__methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual

there were weather seers in Babylon----and priests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted __3__the weather a year in the advance.

Chickens and other animals __6__were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought.

Onion's skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough." Insects and animals were also __8__favorite weather clues

Somewhat more scientific were __7__predictions based on vegetation:"Onion's skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. Onion's skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough."

"If frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . If they were seen on rocks, __10__rain and cold were due." It's difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : " Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinks we'll have some rain today .

and for the federal government beginning at __7__1971

__7__language and logic, or language and culture。