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Surviving the volcanic eruption

Castor Corculum was a typical citizen of Pompei. On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, he went for a walk in the town port to get a loaf of bread from the bakery that (20)[ ] near it.

The earthquake started when Castor (21)[ ] with the baker in the shop. Castor grabbed his loaf and ran outside the shop at once. While he was running to his home, he looked up at the sky and (22)[ ] see the sun. A big black cloud was covering it, and it was coming from Vesuvius. Castor Corculum understood that the mountain (23)[ ] erupting, even though he didn't know how exactly a volcanic eruption worked.

The ash started (24)[ ] from the black cloud, and many citizens of Pompeii decided to hide from it in their houses. (25)[ ] poor souls stayed in their houses forever, and their corpses were discovered there many (26)[ ] later. Fortunately, Castor Corculum turned out to be (27)[ ] than his fellow citizens because his plan was to escape the city as fast as possible. And so he did, by running in the opposite direction from the volcano. Perhaps it was the (28)[ ] choice of all his life as it helped him survive one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in all European history.

Write your answers to tasks 20–28 IN CAPITAL LETTERS as in the exam answer sheet.

Ответ: HASSURVIVED

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