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II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. Write
your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0). (15 pts)
Example: 0. when
THE BLOOD MOON
A lunar eclipse occurs (0).
the Earth's shadow falls directly onto the moon. (1)
only seen in the sky at dawn or sunset. An astronaut on the moon, looking towards Earth (2)
eclipse, would see a black disc, surrounded (3)
reflected back to the dark Earth from the moon's surface. In ancient times, long (4)
understood, the lunar eclipse was known (5)
happens
as a result is that the moon stops being a silvery white colour and turns coppery red instead; the sort of colour usually
a lunar
a bright red ring. It's the light from this red ring which is
any of this was
a blood moon and was thought to be an omen of disaster.
Total eclipses can only occur when there is a full moon, and then only if it is lined (6)
with the
Earth in a particular way. (7)
relatively easy to calculate where and when you might be (8)
easily obscured by cloud cover, blood moons are fairly common, and it is
to see one.
For example, in 1504 Christopher Columbus was stranded in Jamaica and (9)
dire need of
provisions, but the local inhabitants were reluctant to help. Columbus knew that a lunar eclipse would occur on 29
February, however. So, the day before, he warned local leaders that the moon would disappear (10)
helped him. They remained skeptical. But when the moon slowly started to change colour, they became so frightened
that they started to bring food.
they
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