EST1PartIListeningComprehensionSection1,Conversation(10minutes,10points)Section2,Passages(10minutes,10points)PartII:ClozeTest(10minutes,15points)ScientistswhostudytheEarth'sclimateareconvincedthatvolcanoeruptionshaveasignificanteffectongeneralweatherpatterns
Infact,oneofthemany(36)whichattempttoexplainhowaniceagebeginsholdsthatthe(37)isadramaticincreaseinvolcaniceruptions
Thevolcanicexplosions,besidescausinglocalthunderstormsandlightning,injectgreatamountsofgasand(38)_intothestratosphere(同温层)
Atthis(39),thevolcanicmaterialspreadsallthewayaroundtheEarth
Thisvolcanicmaterial(40)acertainamountofsunlightand(41)somebackintospace
Thenetresultisto(42)theplanet'ssurface
Forinstance,43wasperhapsthelargesteruptionoccurredin1883whentheIndonesiavolcanoKrakatoaexploded
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