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Exercise B: Gap-Filling
Watch the news report about the Volcano in Iceland. Fill in the gaps with the missing information.
scene
1. The Icelandic volcanic eruption is similar to a __________________ from the Lord of the Rings
movie series.
capital
2. The volcanic eruption is occurring only twenty miles from Iceland’s ________________ Reykjavik.
noxious gases
3. People are not deterred by the _________________ __________________ emitted by the volcano,
still trying to get as close as possible to it.
close
4. The tourists and volcanologists are happy that they could get so ____________________ to the lava
without too many restrictions.
5. It is the job of the ____________________ civil defense
____________________ to make sure that enthusiasts
don’t get too close to the volcano.
6. The Reykjanes Peninsula erupted _________________ last __________________,
year so there has been a
lot of volcanic activity in recent times.
7. Despite the recent volcanic activity, the peninsula had stayed dormant for hundreds of years, and
has only recently woken up from its __________________.
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Exercise C: Summary
Write the script for a short news report summarizing either the Icelandic Volcano story or
the Cold Weather story from the US. (150 words)
Any use of Artificial Intelligence (chatbots, etc) or copy and pasting of an article will receive a score of ‘0’.
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