阅读理解OnApril10,1815,MountTamborainInd

阅读理解On April 10, 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted with great force. Fifty cubic kilometers of magma (岩浆) flew from its peak (山顶) and a blanket of ash as thick as one centimeter fell over more than 500,000 square kilometers of Indonesia and the Java Sea. The eruption destroyed Tambora’s peak and formed a hole six by seven kilometers wide. The eruption and resulting tsunamis killed 10,000 people. The agricultural loss and disease brought about by the thick ash caused the deaths of 82,000 more. Indonesia was rocked again in 1883. On August 26, a small volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, erupted. The eruption produced an ash cloud 80 kilometers high and was heard in Australia—4,800 kilometers away. The eruption also caused a tsunami, which pounded (击打) the shores of Java and Sumatra—killing 36,000 people. In 1902, St. Pierre was a thriving (兴盛的) munity and the largest town on the French colony of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. Mont Pelee cast a shadow over the town from where it stood, eight kilometers to the north. The townspeople were used to the light continuous sounds of the mountain, but in May, 1902 Pelee started to get really unstable. Clouds of steam and ash poured from the volcano and on May 8, Pelee erupted. Superheated gas and steaming volcanic ash flew out, pouring down the mountain at high speed. Within seconds, the deadly gas cloud had destroyed the town of St. Pierre and incinerated everyone in it — except one prisoner in a basement cell. It was the worst volcano disaster of the 20th century.1.How many people died because of the eruption on April 10, 1815 ?A.About 10,000.B.More than 82,000.C.About 36,000.D.More than 92,000.2.The underlined word “incinerated” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.A.brought upB.burned upC.woke upD.shut up3.Only one prisoner survived the volcano eruption of Mont Pelee on May 8 because _____.A.he was on a ship thenB.he was kept undergroundC.he stayed in the waterD.he was hidden in a well4.We can know from this article that _____.A.no measures can be taken to protect people from a volcano eruptionB.volcanoes usually caused a series of earthquakesC.sometimes a volcano can pletely destroy a cityD.volcanoes are much more violent than the earthquakes