중3 천재 이재영 – 어법선택 Lesson. 7 Watch Out
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Lesson. 7 Watch Out
The Power of Volcanoes
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(What / Which) do Jejudo, Sicily, and Hawaii (has / have) in common?
(They are / It is) islands, of course.
In fact, they are all islands (making / made) from volcanic eruptions.
Volcanoes are very (powerful / powerfully), so they are (naming / named) after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
They can (make / be made) big islands (to appear / appear) or (destroy / destroyed) (entirely / entire) cities (like / alike) Pompeii.
Therefore, they should (be studied / study) and (understood / understand).
Nobody (knows / know) for sure how (much / many) volcanoes (there are / are there) in the world.
According to scientists, there (is / are) about 1,500 active (volcanoes / volcanoe) above sea level.
(Many / Much) more are underwater, and they are (hard / hardly) (to locate / locating).
Still, scientists have (been discovered / discovered) a large number of them so far.
Many of the volcanoes on Earth (are / is) (located / locating) along the Ring of Fire (that / what) (circles / circle) the Pacific Ocean.
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The ring is about 40,000 kilometers long, and it is home to around 75% of the world’s (actively / active) volcanoes.
Indonesia alone (has / have) over 120 active (volcanoes / volcanoe) since the country lies on the Ring of Fire.
This ring is also the area (where / which) most of the world’s earthquakes (occur / are occurred).
(Working / Worked) on a cornfield one day in 1943, farmers in Mexico (found / was found) something (surprised / surprising).
A volcano (appeared / was appeared) overnight on a flat cornfield.
Residents watched the volcano (to grow / grow) over 100 meters tall within a week.
The volcano, (calling / called) Paricutin, kept (grown / growing), and it finally stopped (growing / grown) at 424 meters in 1952.
You (may / must) think volcanoes can (find / be found) only on Earth.
However, they have (discovered / been discovered) on other planets, (either / too), such as Mars and Jupiter.
In fact, “Olympus Mons” on Mars (are / is) the largest (knowing / known) volcano in the solar system.
Its volume is about 100 times (greatest / greater) than (that / those) of Mauna Loa, the largest volcano on Earth.
(Been / Being) very (powerful / powerfully) and (dangerously / dangerous), volcanoes (does / do) harm to people in many ways.
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Sometimes people (get / got) hurt, or they may (lose / be lost) their houses.
Crops may (destroy / be destroyed), and air traffic can (be threatened / threaten).
Volcanoes can also have (serious / seriously) effects on world weather.
A volcanic eruption (shoot / shoots) lots of ash and dust into the air, (preventing / prevented) some of the sunlight from (reaching / reached) Earth and thus (disturbed / disturbing) (usually / usual) weather patterns.
Mt. Tambora, an (actively / active) volcano on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, (was erupted / erupted) in 1815.
The eruption (killed / was killed) more than 10,000 (residents / resident).
It also (causing / caused) an unusually cold summer around the world the (following / followed) year.
(What / That) volcanoes (do / does) (are / is) not always bad for humans, however.
The soil near a volcano (are / is) good for farming.
Volcanoes are also a (greatly / great) tourist attraction.
(Looking / Looked) for fantastic scenery, millions of (tourist / tourists) (visits / visit) Mt. Halla in Jejudo, Mt. Etna in Sicily, or Diamond Head in Hawaii every year.
Volcanoes can (use / be used) (to produce / producing) electricity, (either / too).
Iceland, for example, actively (turns / turn) (their / its) volcanoes’ heat energy into electricity.
Today people around the world (is / are) (studied / studying) ways to live in greater harmony with volcanoes, and they are (hopefully / hopeful) (that / what) more ways will (find / be found) soon.
