Question

I have the greatest job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. 1.        my job is occasionally dangerous? I don't mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive.

I 2.        (appoint) as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory twenty years ago. My job is collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea,3.       is one of the most active volcanoes in HawaⅡ. Having collected and evaluated the information,I help other volcanologists to predict 4.        lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. Our work has saved many lives because people 5.        the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses. 6.        (fortunate) ，we cannot move their homes out of the way,and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to 7.         

ground. - Today,I am just 8.        enthusiastic about my job as the day I first started. 9.        (study) volcanoes now for many years,I am still amazed 10.        their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.

Answer 1

1. Although/Though/While   2. was appointed   3. which   4. where   5. in   6. Unfortunately   7. the   8. as

9. Having studied   10. at