Step 4 Careful reading

Part one (Para. 1- 2)

1. Why is a volcanologist's job important?

2. Where is Mount Kilauea?

3. The writer doesn't mind the occasional danger of his job because ______________

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Fill in the blanks.

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importance: _____________________________________________________________________

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feelings (adj.): _____________ -- __________ -- ___________

Part two (Para. 3- 4)

8. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?

9. Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater?

Fill in blanks about the writer's experience of the volcano.

My first experience:

I was ____ asleep when my bed began _______ and I heard a _______ sound, like a ______ passing nearby. Then I found my bedroom was as ________ as day, and red lava ___________ hundreds of meters into the air. The next day, three of us wanted to get close to the ______. We put on ___________suits, ________, big _______ and special ______, which made us look like __________. We slowly ________________ to the edge of the crater to collect some _____ for ____________.

Part three (Para. 5)

What is the writer still amazed at even after studying volcanoes for more than 20