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ILGrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillinthe

blankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagiven

word,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useoneword

thatbestfitseachblank.

Tall,youngandactive

November14,1963wasacoldmorning.Thiswasnothingoutoftheordinaryforthefisherman.Theywereusedto

thewinterweatheraroundIceland.Suddenly,however,theysawsomethingunusual.Thick,blacksmokewaspouring

outofthesea.](think)aboatwasonfire,theyracedtowardit.Yetastheygotcloser,theyrealizeditwas2quite

different.Magma(岩浆)wasrubbingawayfromtheoceanfloor.Thefishermenwatchedasanewislandrosefromthe

sea.Thisisland,later3(name)Surtsey,joinedthethousandsofvolcanicislandsworldwide.

TheislandofHawaiiisoneofthemostwell-knownvolcanicislands.Lava(熔岩)frommultiplevolcanoesbuilt

thisisland.OneofthesevolcanoesisMaunaKea.MaunaKeabeganundertheoceanover1millionyearsago.Magma

brokethroughtheEarthscrust-thatis,theouterlayeroftheearth.4themagmacooled,itformedanunderwater

mountain.About100,000yearsago,themountainrose5sealevel.Eruption(喷发)thenbecamemorefrequentand

moreviolent.Layersoflavahardenedintorock.Now,MaunaKea6(measure)9,966metersfromoceanfloorto

mountainpeak,makingittheworldshighestmountain.

FortunatelyforHawaiians,MaunaKeavolcanoisquiet-forthetimebeing.7volcanoonthesameislandis

anythingbutquiet.KilaueaissmallerthanMaunaKea.However,ithaseruptednonstopsince1983andistheworlds

2

mostactivevolcano,8producesbetween300,000