Question

Experts say the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole appears to have fallen to 100C, meaning it is now producing steam, not magma（巖漿）.

But officials warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely.

Ash clouds from the volcano grounded thousands of flights last month.

Steinunn Jakobsdottir, a geophysicist from the Icelandic Meteorological Office, told the BBC that the volcano was "kind of not active for the moment".

"The history of the volcano is such that it calms down and then it gets energy again," she said.

"There are still earthquakes under the volcano, and the small earthquake is still not quite down to what it was before the eruption."

'Difficult to say'

Magnus Gudmundsson, of Iceland University, flew over the volcano on Sunday and said information from heat cameras showed the temperatures at the crater had fallen below 100C.

But he told the AFP news agency that nothing was promised and that the previous eruption at the volcano had lasted 13 months, from 1821-23.

"It stopped and started again several times with different intervals（間隔）, so it's difficult to say, difficult to give a timeline," he said.

He also said it was impossible to say whether the neighbouring Katla volcano - a much larger mountain - might also erupt.

At the height of its activity, the volcano sent out huge clouds of ash, which led to airlines grounding their planes for fear it could interfere with plane engines.

It was the biggest action of closing airspace in Europe since World War II, and affected at least 10 million passengers worldwide.

1.What do expert think Eyjafjallajokull is like now?

A．Magma is still coming out

B．The hole appears about 100 degrees C

C．The eruption was not over

D．It is very cold.

2.How do expects know the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole?

A．By taking photos                        B．By taking its temperature

C．By going close to it                      D．By driving past it

3.What does Steinunn Jakobsdottir think of Eyjafjallajokull?

A．It will erupt again soon

B．It will be sleeping

C．Another mountain might also erupt

D．It’s uncertain

4.What do you think the main idea is?

A．the biggest action of closing airspace in Europe

B．the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole

C．The Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland

D．The earthquake in Iceland

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B 

2.A

3.D 

4.C 

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹一些專家認為埃亞菲亞德拉冰蓋火山的溫度降到了100C，也就是不會再爆發(fā)，但也有的專家提出不同的觀點。

1.細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Experts say the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole appears to have fallen to 100C,可知答案是：B 

2.細節(jié)題：從第八段的句子：said information from heat cameras showed the temperatures at the crater had fallen below 100C. 可知答案是： A

3.細節(jié)題：從第七段的句子：'Difficult to say'可知答案是： D 

4.主旨題：本文介紹一些專家認為埃亞菲亞德拉冰蓋火山的溫度降到了100C，也就是不會再爆發(fā)，但也有的專家提出不同的觀點。選C 

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