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、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分） A Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high? and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is asleep. What is ld and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano. Large quantities of stone and lave (岩浆) broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes (灰烬) were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracution went to sleep. 1. Paracutin was once the mane of _______ . A. a peasnat B. a village C. an old mountain D. a Mexican 2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A. Paracutin is not active any more. B. Paracutin is the first volcano in the world. C. Paracutin did not exist until the early 1940s. D. It took Paracutin 10 years to grow to its present size. | 
