Question

Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to red-hot lava flows (熔岩流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.

Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”

Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.

Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.

Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”

1.To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.

A．scary but necessary                     B．adventurous but meaningful

C．impossible and unnecessary               D．dangerous but urgent

2.The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”.

A．trapped           B．touched           C．attracted          D．frightened

3.Rampino’s study on volcanoes might help _____.

A．warn people to protect the environment

B．support the study of Earth’s future climate

C．tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes

D．reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions

4.In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?

A．People.           B．History.           C．Climate.           D．Business.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的地震专家Michael Rampino的个人信息以及所研究的内容。

1.B 细节题。根据文章第3段“Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.说明对他来说解决活火山，很有意义。故B正确。

2.C 细节题。根据第二段最后2句He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”说明他对火山开始感兴趣了，故该词指我被吸引了。故C正确。

3.B 细节题。根据第二段前3行Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate.说明他研究的内容对气候也有很大的作用。故B正确。

4.A 推理题。本文主要讲述的地震专家Michael Rampino的个人信息以及所研究的内容。最可能出现在报纸的人物介绍部分。故A正确。

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