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Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is  36  .
What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano in the world which was  37  from its eruption right up  38  the present day. On February 20th, 1943, a peasant and his wife set  39  to work in their own fields in the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were  40  to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noise  41  in the earth and a small hole  42  in their fields. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were  43  high in the air. The peasants ran from the fields and turned to watch. They saw the  44  of a volcano.
Large quantities of stones and lava  45  out and a little hill began to  46 . By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot  47  were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava  48  up the countryside. The trees near the village were  49  and the villagers had to leave their houses.  50  the village was destroyed, its  51  was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City,  52  to the east. Many people came to watch the  53 . The volcano grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of  54  were destroyed. The Paracutin had gone to sleep  55 .
36.A. asleep                   B. active             C. silent              D. terrible
37.A. changed            B. raised             C. seen               D. grown
38.A. on                    B. to                    C. from              D. by
39.A. about                B. on                 C. up                  D. out
40.A. frightened         B. surprised         C. worried          D. disappointed
41.A. deep                 B. nearby              C. outside           D. from far
42.A. erupted             B. appeared         C. remained               D. rose
43.A. thrown              B. drawn             C. pushed            D. flown
44.A. access               B. shape              C. birth               D. crash
45.A. wiped                      B. broke             C. made             D. stood
46.A. rise                   B. fall                 C. form              D. spread
47.A. mud                 B. ashes              C. virus              D. powders
48.A. called                      B. added             C. filled              D. lit
49.A. cut                   B. killed             C. lacked            D. buried
50.A. Before              B. Since              C. When             D. If
51.A. name                B. place              C. address           D. spot
52.A. away                B. far                 C. off                 D. back
53.A. nature                      B. wonder           C. scene              D. sign
54.A. forest                B. houses            C. land                      D. villages
55.A. from now on     B. by now           C. just now         D. until now

Answer 1

36—55     ACBDB  ABACB  CBDBC  ABCAD

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