For the past four decades, Billy Bar - he insists his name be written with lower case letters only -

For the past four decades, Billy Bar - he insists his name be written with lower case letters only - has been living by himself in Gothic, Colorado, a ghost town deserted since the 1920s, passing the time by recording all sorts of data, from daily snowfalls, temperatures, snow melting, animal sightings, etc. He never imagined that the results of his 40-year hobby would one day help scientists better understand global warming and earn him a cool superhero name - The Snow Guardian.
Billy bar first came to Gothic in 1972 as a Rutgers University environmental science student doing water chemistry research. He liked the quiet life here so much that he completed his semester to get his degree and became a permanent resident of the mountainous ghost town. He had grown up in New Jersey, but never really liked being surrounded by so many people, so moving to this ghost town was a chance to get away from social pressure.
Bar began the winter of 1974 camping in a tent, which is not exactly ideal in a place where snow reaches twenty-five feet a year. Luckily, the owner of an abandoned mining shack was kind enough to let Billy move in, to keep him from freezing to death. It became his home for the next eight years, and also the place where he started his impressive database on snow. The modern-day hermit claims that the sole goal behind his epic journal was to fight boredom. There's not a lot to do in a ghost town in winter time, so he just started monitoring things like daily snowfalls, snow density, temperature, and anything else he could measure.“I didn't have anything else to do. It was simple curiosity," Billy says.
4. Why did billy bar record all kinds of data?
A. To do research. B. To become a hero.
C. To kill his time. D. To enjoy snowfalls.
5. What do we know about the town Gothic?
A. It is thickly populated. B. It has many mountains.
C. It is a tourist attraction. D. It has a high annual rainfall
6. Why did Billy Bar settle in the town Gothic?
A. He liked is quietness B. It was a city with much snow.
C. It was his hometown. D. He wanted to leave his family.
7. Where did Billy Bar start his database on snow?
A. At Rutgers University. B. In New Jersey.
C. In a camping tent. D. In a mining hut.
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