Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the beat by climbing to the summit of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.
Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.
But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2560 metres high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above.
Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the McKenney Cone. Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive summit.
Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 metres into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down.
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答案解析：
1. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To attract tourists to Pacaya.
B. To describe the beauty of Pacaya.
C. To introduce guided tours to Pacaya.
D. To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.
解析：A正确
这篇文章的主要目的是什么？
这要从文章写作的细节上看，No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.作者几次提到了到Pacaya游览的旅游公司，另外这句中用come，说明作者是站在Antigua的位置上说话的，自然是要吸引外来游客参观火山了。
2. Climbing to the McKenney Cone, people will .
A. walk directly to the active summit
B. hear the continuous loud noise from above
C. make greater efforts than to other summits
D. see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions
解析：D正确
在攀登麦肯尼火山堆的时候，人们会怎样？
Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the McKenney Cone.在你接近活火山的山顶——火山锥时，蒸汽以及早期火山喷发所产生的火热岩浆残骸开始在道路上散布得到处都是。D，接近火山锥时，你会看到一条满是早期火山喷发产生的岩浆残骸的路。
3. Many tours are timed for people to .
A. get down the mountain in time when night falls
B. avoid the smell from the upwind direction of the cone
C. enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky
D. appreciate the scenery of the 2560-metre-high mountain
解析：C正确
许多旅行都安排好时间，是为了让人们怎么样？
文章对应的句子是：Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky. 从此可以选出答案。
参考译文：
观看火山喷发是项很棒的体验。在攀爬帕卡亚山顶的途中你可以近距离地看到火山喷发的景象，切身感受喷发带来的震颤。每天都有从安提瓜岛发出的到这座高度活跃的活火山的旅游专线，来使游客有机会看到大自然母亲最磅礴的气势。
从安提瓜岛坐车到帕卡亚山很方便。安提瓜是一座美丽的城市，老街两边林立着彩色房屋，圣周时节街道就成了艺术的海洋。无论你何时来安提瓜，都不妨参加旅行团去帕卡亚一游。
不过攀登帕卡亚山可不是件容易的事：山高2560米，走一步退两步地大约要花两到三个小时才能到达山顶。在爬山的途中，你会听见头顶模糊的喷发声响。在你接近活火山的山顶时，近期火山喷发出的喷着蒸汽的，火热的岩浆残留物在道路上散布得到处都是，这便是麦肯尼火山锥。走到火山锥的边缘，沿着道路向左拐，就到了相对安全的老休眠火山。
许多旅行是安排好时间的，这样你到达火山锥的时候还有充足的时间欣赏落日，看到滚滚红色熔岩与暮色沉沉的天空之间的鲜明对比。在好天气的日子里山顶风景让人激动不已。火山口在沸腾，红色的熔岩从火山口滚滚流下，间歇地热腾腾的蒸汽被喷射到100米的天空。即使你已经小心地站到了火山锥的逆风处，还是能闻到空气中强烈的刺鼻味道。夜色渐浓，浊流滚滚的熔岩沿着火山安静地流淌。而你，此时也可安静下来了，到了下山的时间。
词汇及短语：
erupt: 喷发
close-up: （照相、电影的）特写，特写镜头
Holy Week: 圣周(复活节前一周)
Cone: 火山锥
walk over: 穿过;走到另一地方
lava: (火山喷发的)熔岩; (熔岩冷凝后的)火山岩
upwind: 逆风的; 逆风地
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