六级练习2012.10.25
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/cet6/cet620121025.mp3[/audio]Living at the foot of one of the world’s most active volcanoes might not appeal to you at all. But believe it or not, the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy is packed with people. In fact, (1)_____________________. The reason is that rich volcanic soil makes the land fantastic for farming. By growing and selling a variety of crops, local people earn a good living. For them, (2)______________________. People everywhere make decisions about risky situations this way, that is, by comparing the risks and the benefits. According to the experts, the size of the risk depends on both its probability and seriousness. Let’s take Mount Etna for example. It does erupt frequently. But those eruptions are usually minor. So the overall risk for people living nearby is relatively small. (3)_____________________. If that were the case, the risk would be much larger. Indeed, the risk would be too large for many people to live with. And they would have to move away.
**** Hidden Message ***** it is the most densive-populated region on the whole island of Sicily。
the economic benefit they ***the risk will be dying or losing property in one of the vocanoes frequent eruption.
But suppose * erupted every day, or imagine that each eruption there killed thousands of people, 1.it is the most for****
2.the economic *
3.but the suppose and errupted everyday ,***each erruption killed thousand of people 1. it is the most density populated region on the whole island of Sicily。
2. the economic benefit their ... the risk will be dying or losing property in one of the vocanoes frequent eruption.
3. But suppose mount Etna erupted every day, or imagine that each eruption killed thousands of people,
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