愛上火山的科學家

山東 李全忠

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1A woman in a cap wanders calmly along. Except for the lava (熔巖) erupting behind her, she could be walking in a park. The woman turns to watch the molten rock flow for a moment and then walks calmly toward the camera.The footage（鏡頭）is from Werner Herzog's book about volcanoes and volcano hunters,Into the Inferno, and the woman pictured is perhaps one of the most important volcanologists of all time,Katia Krafft.

2Born in France, in 1942, Katia developed an interest in volcanoes at an early age.Later, she met Maurice Krafft. The pair bonded over their shared love of volcanoes before marrying in 1970.The Kraffts wrote about 20 books on volcanoes across the globe.

3Katia and her husband made great progress in educating the general public in volcanology.Their footage had more than scientific value.For instance,when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines began to show signs of an eruption in 1991, the Kraffts were able to present Philippine President Corazon Aquino with video footage of the effects of the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia,asking her to call for an evacuation (疏散)of those in the danger zone.

4In 1969, Katia was awarded the prize of the Vocation Foundation for her work on active volcanic sites.

5The couple lost their lives, along with more than 40 others during the eruption of Mount Unzen in Japan on June 3, 1991, when they were caught in a flow of rock, gas and ash moving at speeds of over 100 miles per hour, with temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit.Katia was 49;Maurice was 45.

6Katia's impact on volcanology has reached far beyond her death and has encouraged many young women to study our restless planet.“Katia Krafft is definitely the reason why I'm doing this job,”says Carla Tiraboschi, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Münster, Germany. Tiraboschi first saw Katia in a documentary when she was just six or seven years old and has been crazy about volcanoes ever since.

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1.What does the author want to tell us in paragraph 1?

A.The importance of volcanology.

B.The damage of a volcanic eruption.

C.The difficulty of filming volcanoes.

D.Katia Krafft's passion for her work.

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2.What do we know about the couple's footage?

A.They prevented a natural disaster.

B.They served as a warning in Japan.

C.They helped spread volcano science.

D.They covered Mount Pinatubo's eruption.

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3.How did Katia influence Carla Tiraboschi?

A.Katia's death made her restless.

B.Katia helped her with her research.

C.Katia's deeds inspired her career choice.

D.Katia taught her to make a documentary.

Inference

4.Which of the following best describes Katia Krafft?

A.Creative and honest.

B.Brave and enthusiastic.

C.Ambitious and outgoing.

D.Determined and generous.

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Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

For instance,when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines began to show signs of an eruption in 1991, the Kraffts were able to present Philippine President Corazon Aquino with video footage of the effects of the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia,asking her to call for an evacuation of those in the danger zone. 例如，當菲律賓的皮納圖博火山在1991 年開始出現(xiàn)噴發(fā)跡象時，Kraffts 夫婦向時任菲律賓總統(tǒng)科拉松·阿基諾展示了1985 年哥倫比亞的內(nèi)瓦多·德·魯伊斯火山爆發(fā)所造成的后果的視頻片段，請求她呼吁疏散處于危險區(qū)的人。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。when 引導時間狀語從句，asking...in the danger zone為現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語。

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with the word and phrases in the box in proper forms.

1.Where's your book?Take it out and ________page 4.

2.We were friends and colleagues for ________20 years.

3.Our success was ________what we thought possible.

4.She was unlike him in every way ________her coal black eyes.

5.The ________caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described.

6.Today, champion athletes are running more than four times farther distance________well under five minutes per mile.