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Lesson 72
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Lesson 72
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
Numbers an Dates: Volcanoes of the World
Volcano Height Year of Eruption
1.Kronotskaya,the USSR ____m. ________
2.Sundoro, Java ____m. ________
3.Mayon,the Philippines ____m. ________
4.Niigata Yakeyama, Japan ____m. ________
5.White Island, New Zealand ____m. ________
6.Fuego,Guatemala ____m. ________
7.San Miguel, ElSalvador ____m. ________
8.Vesuvio,Italy ____m. ________
9.Santorini,Greece ____m. ________
10.Colima,Mexico ____m. ________
Score :____
Part Ⅱ Volcanoes(Ⅰ)
Exercises:
1.The appearance of a volcano:
A volcano looks like a ____mountain. The top is rather ____and ____.It is called the crater, that is, the ____of the volcano.
2.The cause of a volcano:
Deep down in the earth's surface there is molten rock. It is very hot and it runs like ____. This rock is called ____.For some reason some part of the earth's surface is ____.It cannot resist the ____of the molten lava. The lava forces its way up, passing through the rocks of the earth's ____and coming up to the ____. The lava ____,and the volcano is thus formed.
Part Ⅲ Volcanoes(Ⅱ)
Exercises:
Name Place Description of Eruptions
1.the greatest ____
The island was almost completely____
one of recent years ____ ____.
The noise of the explosion was heard ____miles away.
2.the one which was formed very quickly ____
A volcanic mountain
____feet high and
____feet across was
____
formed from level
ground in____
____.
3.the one
About ____people
which was
were killed.
very de-
structive
____
____
4.the most
Some neighbouring
famous one
____were____
of ancient
under huge amounts
times
____
____
of ash.
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