Step1 Revision

1. Check the answers to Ex. 1 on page 35.

2. Check the answers to Ex. 2 on page 36.

1£®The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD took people in Pompeii by surprise. It was so quick and so severe that the town was soon covered in _____ and ______. Many houses in the town were __________________. It was an ________ disaster for many people who could not get away in time. A writer named Pliny, who was there during the ________, described how lava was thrown into the air like a ________. ______________ many of the townspeople, _________at the _________ sight of Vesuvius eruption, stayed too long and failed to escape in time.

2£®The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD took people in Pompeii by surprise. It was so quick and so severe that the town was soon covered in _____ and ______. Many houses in the town were __________________. It was an ________ disaster for many people who could not get away in time. A writer named Pliny, who was there during the ________, described how lava was thrown into the air like a ________. ______________ many of the townspeople, _________at the _________ sight of Vesuvius eruption, stayed too long and failed to escape in time.