【答案】

1. C 2. A

【原文】

Philippines is an island nation whose most active volcano seems ready to erupt.（1）Tuesday morning, authorities started evacuating about 50,000 people who live near the volcano.（星期二早晨，菲律賓當局開始疏散5萬名居住在火山附近的居民。）As of Monday, scientists said they had recorded 83 volcanic quakes and had raised the alert level to a level 3. That means that a full-scale eruption is expected to take place within weeks, maybe days.（2）This volcano's erupted 49 times since its first documented one in 1616.（這座火山自從1616年第一來噴發以來，一共噴發了49次。）