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Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colourful houses along its old streets

that are turned into artworks during its Holy Week Festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you
won t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.

But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,560 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 in 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 metres 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.

[2022 陕西宝鸡金台期中]
( ) 1. What is the main purpose of the 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. Antigua is an island .
A. where people can enjoy cultural festivals B. where the daring Pacaya tour starts

C. that gives a close-up view of Pacaya D. that is famous for its tour companies
( ) 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 2,560-metre-high mountain
( ) 4. In which part of a magazine can we probably read this text?

A. Health. B. Sports.
C. Technology. D. Tourism.

一、 词义匹配

1. contrast a. differences in colour or in light and dark

2. dull b. the highest point of sth, especially the top of a mountain

3. summit c. hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano

d. not clear or loud 4. lava