A. Read to understand

2. Answer the following questions

A) The tremendous heat from the crater melted a large portion of the snow cap. As a consequence, normally crystal-clear, leisurely flowing glacial Streams were transformed into death-dealing torrents of mud and melting ice.

B) The smell of sulphur in the air had been STRONG but this caused LITTLE alarm since the volcano had been active in this way for nearly a year.

C) Some survivors on the edge of the morass were TRYING to reach those nearby. Using Planks, they succeeded in saving a few. Some ventured into the muck but then had to retreat as they began to be sucked down.

B. Read to infer

1) A member of the Emergency Committee for Civil Defence assured the townspeople over the public address system that there was no reason for alarm.

5) Close to the mountainside,where thriving Armero should have been,there was just an IMMENSE expanse of gray mud,with hundreds of bodies, floating on the surface.

Explanation:

I don't know anything about that Match Table..sorry. But I know a few of them to be honest.

A. Read to understand

1. Match the series of events with the TIMES they happened

A) Smell of sulphur in the air

B) Rainfall starts