Craft and StructureEasyAdjective fixed by centuries without eruption
Craft and Structure practice question
The volcano has been ____ for three centuries, with no eruption recorded since 1720.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dormantCorrect
- B. active
- C. enormous
- D. dangerous
Answer: A. dormant
A volcano that has not erupted for a long time but is not extinct is 'dormant' — asleep.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. active
- 'Active' is the opposite of no eruptions in three centuries.
- C. enormous
- Size has nothing to do with the absence of eruptions.
- D. dangerous
- A volcano quiet for 300 years isn't described as dangerous by this sentence.
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