重庆英语每日一练10.22
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Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the beat by climbing to the summit of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.
Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.（重庆MBA）
But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2560 metres high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above.
Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the McKenney Cone. Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive summit.
Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 meters into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down.
1. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To attract tourists to Pacaya.
B. To describe the beauty of Pacaya.
C. To introduce guided tours to Pacaya.
D. To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.
2. Climbing to the McKenney Cone, people will ______.
A. walk directly to the active summit
B. hear the continuous loud noise from above
C. make greater efforts than to other summits
D. see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions
3. Many tours are timed for people to _______.
A. get down the mountain in time when night falls
B. avoid the smell from the upwind direction of the cone
C. enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky
D. appreciate the scenery of the 2560-metre-high mountain（重庆MBA）
词汇：
sharp a. 1. 锋利的2. 突然的，急转的3. 尖刻的（言词）
sheet n. 被单；(一)张，(一)片，薄片
shelf n. 架子
shell n. 壳，贝壳
shilling n. 先令
shine v. 照耀，发光；擦亮
shipment n. 装船；装载的货物
shirt n. 衬衫
shock v. (使)震动/ 震惊
shoot v. 发射，疾驰而过n.射击
shopping n. 买东西
shore n. 海滨。湖滨
shoulder n. 肩 v. 肩负,承担
shout v./n. 呼喊
shower n. 阵雨；沐浴v.下阵雨，倾注
shut v. 关，关闭
shy a. 腼腆的；胆怯的
sickness n. 疾病；恶心
silent a. 寂静，沉默的
silly a. 糊涂的，愚蠢的
simplicity n. 简单；朴素；单纯
silver n. 银；银器
sink v.下沉，下落
skate v. 滑冰
siren n. 警报声，警报器
settle v. 安顿；定居；解决
settler 定居者
settlement n. 解决；居留区
sew v. 缝，缝纫
share v. 共用；分担
