The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7 - Presentation and practice 2 for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli
Question
Read the text again and answer the questions.
Answer
- The powerful explosion sent lava hundreds of metres into the air, destroying.
- houses and threatening hundreds more.
- The authorities had already prepared residents to leave after another volcanic crater had opened up around the volcano a week before the eruption. They had already warned emergency crews to take people to safety.
- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the island on the next day.
- A man reported that at times, he hadn’t been able to breathe because of toxic clouds in the air, along with the burning trees and other vegetation. He also said that objects had fallen off shelves in his house and glass had shattered.
- The authorities allowed citizens to return briefly to their homes only to pick up pets, medicine and important documents. It was not safe for them to stay in their houses because experts expected further volcanic activity.
- No, it didn’t because the earthquake was not strong enough to cause a tsunami.
- Kilauea has been erupting continuously since 1983.
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