<CD-RAT><Entry><HWD>PART\PART 1</HWD><Activity><GapFillDropdown layer="1" h="365" w="620" y="10" x="10"><Title alignment="left" isOn="1">PART 1: Multiple-choice cloze<br /></Title><Instruction alignment="left" isOn="1">For questions <B>1-12</B>, read the text below and decide which answer (<B>A</B>, <B>B</B>, <B>C</B> or <B>D</B>) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (<B>0</B>). <br /></Instruction><ReferenceObject soundIsOn="0" videoIsOn="0" defaultHeight="200" alignment="left" isOn="0" /><ScrollableAssets /><Content><FONT SIZE="14"><B>Escape from the volcano</B></FONT><br />I’m writing this review about a book that I found fascinating, (<B>0</B>) <I><U>called </U></I><I>Surviving the Volcano</I>. It’s about people who study volcanoes.<br />One particularly memorable incident, involving a man called Stanley Williams, (<B>1</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> occurred</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> developed</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> approached</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> appeared</Choice></Dropdown> in 1993. Williams was standing on top of a Colombian volcano called Galeras when it (<B>2</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> flooded</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> stormed</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> erupted</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> thundered</Choice></Dropdown>, killing several of his colleagues instantly. Williams tried to get (<B>3</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> through</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> under</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> past</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> away</Choice></Dropdown>, but as he scrambled down the (<B>4</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> sharp</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> steep</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> extreme</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> intense</Choice></Dropdown> mountain side, he was surrounded by white-hot rocks travelling faster than bullets.<br />He was (<B>5</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> knocked</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> tapped</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> bumped</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> hit</Choice></Dropdown> by several rocks, and fell to the ground, badly (<B>6</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> damaged</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> spoiled</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> injured</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> smashed</Choice></Dropdown>.<br />He thought that he would not make it out alive, but two brave women (<B>7</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> broke in</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> set up</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> took through</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> carried out</Choice></Dropdown> an<br />extraordinary rescue attempt, and managed to carry him off the mountain.<br />The book also reveals the world of the scientists who risk their own lives searching for greater<br />understanding of volcanoes, and explains why they (<B>8</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> have</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> take</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> see</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> know</Choice></Dropdown> such risks. It seems that they do this (<B>9</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> in case</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> although</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> so that</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> in order</Choice></Dropdown> they can learn how to (<B>10</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> project</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> plan</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> warn</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> predict</Choice></Dropdown> when an eruption might occur, and then warn people who live near the volcano in advance, giving them a chance to (<B>11</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> run away</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> rush through</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> hurry up</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> hang on</Choice></Dropdown>.<br /><I>Surviving the Volcano</I> describes the enormous impact volcanoes have had on the Earth’s landscapes and people and, to (<B>12</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> take on</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> give out</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> put away</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> sum up</Choice></Dropdown>, it is a book I can strongly recommend.</Content></GapFillDropdown><Feedback playallOn="1" showAnswersOn="1" animatedFeedbackOn="1" testModeOn="0" instantFeedbackOn="0"><Sounds /></Feedback><GenericActivity hintsNextTo="0" timerIsOn="0" CDPrefsFolder="preferences/" CDPrefsFile="cd1.xml"><ActivityCanvas graphicAlpha="100" folder="" file="" colourAlpha="100" colour="transparent" /><SoundLibrary y="10" x="10" isOn="0" /><VideoLibrary h="252" w="385" y="78" x="10" isOn="0" /><Assets /></GenericActivity></Activity></Entry></CD-RAT>
