听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.What was the destinati...

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What was the destination of the speaker’s most recent trip?

A.Indonesia. B.Italy. C.The U.S.

2.What was the best-known eruption according to the speaker?

A.Krakatoa. B.Santorini. C.Vesuvius.

3.What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A.The history of a town. B.Travel experiences. C.His work.

1.A 2.C 3.C 【解析】【原文】 Hello everyone, and thank you for inviting me to speak at your school. Now here is a big word for you — volcanologist. That is my job. Volcanology is the study of volcanoes and I spend much of my time traveling to volcanoes around the world. China can count itself lucky. It doesn’t have many active volcanoes. The last one to erupt was in 1951. My job has taken me to many countries, from Italy to the U.S. I have just come back from Indonesia, one of the most active volcanic areas. So why is my job important? Because when we understand volcanoes, we can predict how they will behave and help protect the people who live near them from possible harm. When we think of volcanoes erupting, we think of rocks but perhaps the biggest danger is from ash. There have been some very famous volcano eruptions. Krakatoa, in Indonesia, erupted in 1883, killing over 36,000 people. Santorini, in Greece, was ruined by an explosion about 3600 years ago. But the most famous eruption was Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD. Ash from the explosion buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving them so well that we can now visit them today. They are a treasure for historians, so you could say every volcanic cloud has a silver lining.

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