Ⅰ.阅读理解
Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the heat by climbing to the summit of Pacaya for a closeup view.There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travellers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.
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 Pacayatour companies.
But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,552 metres high and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly onestepforward and twostepback movements.As you climb, you hear the sounds of eruptions high above.Smoke, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the McKenney Cone (火山锥)．Just as though you are going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the 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 scene of the erupting red lava in the darkening sky.On a good day the view from the summit is really 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 sides of the volcano.For you, too, it is time to get down.
文章大意：这篇文章主要介绍了看火山喷发是极好的经历。很多游客到Pacaya山顶去观看活火山，在此游客有机会看到大自然的强大。
1．Many tours are timed for people to__C__.
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 beauty of the 2,552metrehigh mountain
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano in plenty of time for sunset and the full scene of the erupting red lava in the darkening sky.”可知，很多游览是在规定好的时间内进行的，这样你到达火山锥时会有足够的时间看日落以及红色熔岩在黑色天空下喷发的全景。可知选C。
2．The word “summit” appears several times in the passage.It means__D__.
A．remained, cooled rocks along the path
B．loud sound and terrible smell in the air
C．the most exciting happening in a place
D．the top point of a mountain or hill
解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句“But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,552 metres high and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly onestepforward and twostepback movements.”可知爬Pacaya不是一件容易的事，它有2 552米高，到达顶部要花2至3个小时，似乎走一步，退两步。故选D。
3．What is the main purpose of this passage？__A__.
A．To have more tourists come 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.
解析：写作意图题。这篇文章告诉我们参观Pacaya是一次极好的经历，能够看到火山喷发的壮丽景色，由此可推断作者写这篇文章是为了吸引更多人去参观此地。故选A。
