Listen to the report about volcanic eruption and for questions 1- 5 below choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

1When the volcano erupted, the top of the mountain

A grew taller.

B landed two hundred miles away.

C turned into mud.

D was broken into pieces.

2The first people to die were killed by

A the forest fires.

Bthe explosion.

C the thick mud.

D the lightning storm.

3The volcanic cloud

A made everything very dark

B damaged many airplanes.

C wasn’t very big.

D damaged the forest.

4People had to live their homes as

A their houses were burnt

B the mountain fell on their homes

C they had no electricity

D there was flooding in the area

5Before the eruption

A scientists had been making the mountain bigger.

B the people of Clark County had learnt how to cope with the volcano.

C the mountain had been getting taller.

D ash and mud had been pouring out of St. Helens for fifteen years.

Put the sentences into the correct chronological order. Compare with other students. Then listen and check.

A Mud from the volcano is filling rivers, causing flooding.

B Mount St. Helens, the volcano in Clark County, Washington State, erupted on Monday morning.

C The tremendous heat inside was released.

D The top of the mountain was blown off.

E Huge blocks of ice and rock fell onto the surrounding area.

F The mountain was hit by two earthquakes.

G The hot ash started fires.

Fill the correct word from the box below. Use the words only once.

1 ..........................destruction 6 .......................eruption

2 .........................of ice 7 ......................cables

3 .........................heat 8 ........by two earthquakes

4..........................storm 9 .....................workers

5 .........................mud 10 to close ....................