Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space When a volcano (78)________, hot gases and melted rock from deep within Earth find (79)________ way up to the surface. This material may (80)________ slowly out of a crack in the ground, or it may explode suddenly into the air. Volcanic eruptions may be very (81)________. But they can (82)________ create new landforms. Of the nearly 1,900 volcanoes active today, or known to have been active in (83)________ times, about ninety per cent can be found in the (84)________ of South America, North America, Asia, and Oceania that are close (85)________ the Pacific Ocean. When marked on a map of the world, this line of volcanoes looks a bit (86)________ a vast, open circle. For this (87)________ it is known as the ring of fire. Adapted from Britannica Elementary Library, Encyclopaedia Student and Home Edition. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica 2011 78 A. erupts B. throws C. blows 79 A. them B. they C. their 80 A. leave B. come C. flow 81 A. destruction B. destructive C. destroy 82 A. also B. too C. so 83 A. historically B. historical C. history 84 A. pieces B. ways C. areas 85 A. with B. at C. to 86 A. as B. like C. so 87 A. reason B. aim C. condition

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space
When a volcano (78)________, hot gases and melted rock from deep within Earth find (79)________ way up to the surface. This material may (80)________ slowly out of a crack in the ground, or it may explode suddenly into the air. Volcanic eruptions may be very (81)________. But they can (82)________ create new landforms.
Of the nearly 1,900 volcanoes active today, or known to have been active in (83)________ times, about ninety per cent can be found in the (84)________ of South America, North America, Asia, and Oceania that are close (85)________ the Pacific Ocean. When marked on a map of the world, this line of volcanoes looks a bit (86)________ a vast, open circle. For this (87)________ it is known as the ring of fire.
Adapted from Britannica Elementary Library, Encyclopaedia Student and Home Edition. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica 2011

78  A. erupts  B. throws  C. blows
79  A. them
 B. they
 C. their
80  A. leave
 B. come
 C. flow
81  A. destruction
 B. destructive
 C. destroy
82  A. also
 B. too
 C. so
83  A. historically
 B. historical
 C. history
84  A. pieces
 B. ways
 C. areas
85  A. with
 B. at
 C. to
86  A. as
 B. like
 C. so
87  A. reason
 B. aim
 C. condition

78  A. erupts  B. throws  C. blows
79  A. them
 B. they
 C. their
80  A. leave
 B. come
 C. flow
81  A. destruction
 B. destructive
 C. destroy
82  A. also
 B. too
 C. so
83  A. historically
 B. historical
 C. history
84  A. pieces
 B. ways
 C. areas
85  A. with
 B. at
 C. to
86  A. as
 B. like
 C. so
87  A. reason
 B. aim
 C. condition