Cambridge IELTS 4: Academic Reading Test 3: VOLCANOES

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Cambridge IELTS 4: Academic Reading Test 3: VOLCANOES – EARTH SHATTERING NEWS

Questions 14-17

Reading Passage 2 has four sections A-D. Choose the correct heading for the each section from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-vi in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.

List of Headings

i Causes of volcanic eruption
ii Efforts to predict volcanic eruption
iii Volcanoes and the features of our planet
iv Different types of volcanic eruption
v International relief efforts
vi The unpredictability of volcanic eruption

14 Section A
15 Section B
16 Section C
17 Section D

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Questions 18-21

Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
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18 What are the sections of the earth’s crust, often associated with volcanic activity, called?
19 What is the name given to molten rock from the mantle?
20 What is the earthquake zone on the Pacific Ocean called?
21 For how many years did Mount Pinatubo remain inactive?

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Questions 22-26

Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

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Volcanic eruptions have shaped the earth’s land surface. They may also have produced the world’s atmosphere and (22) …………………. Eruptions occur when molten rocks from the earth’s mantle rise and expand. When they become liquid, they move more quickly through cracks in the surface. There are different types of eruption. Sometimes the (23) …………………… moves slowly and forms outcrops of granite on the earth’s surface. When it moves more quickly it may flow out in thick horizontal sheets. Examples of this type of eruption can be found in Northern Ireland, Wales, South Africa and (24) …………………… A third type of eruption occurs when the lava emerges very quickly and (25) ………………. violently. This happens because the magma moves so suddenly that (26) ……………….. are emitted.

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