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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) ________ happens as a result is that the moon stops being a silvery white colour and turns coppery red instead; the sort of colour usually only seen in the sky at dawn or sunset. An astronaut on the moon, looking towards Earth (2) ________ a lunar eclipse, would see a black disc, surrounded (3) ________a bright red ring. It’s the light from this red ring which is reflected back to the dark Earth from the moon’s surface. In ancient times, long (4) ________ any of this was understood, the lunar eclipse was known (5) ________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) ________easily obscured by cloud cover, blood moons are fairly common, and it is relatively easy to calculate where and when you might be (8) ________ 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) ________ they helped him. They remained skeptical. But when the moon slowly started to change colour, they became so frightened that they started to bring food.
Example: 0. when
THE BLOOD MOON
A lunar eclipse occurs (0) ________the Earth’s shadow falls directly onto the moon. (1) ________ happens as a result is that the moon stops being a silvery white colour and turns coppery red instead; the sort of colour usually only seen in the sky at dawn or sunset. An astronaut on the moon, looking towards Earth (2) ________ a lunar eclipse, would see a black disc, surrounded (3) ________a bright red ring. It’s the light from this red ring which is reflected back to the dark Earth from the moon’s surface. In ancient times, long (4) ________ any of this was understood, the lunar eclipse was known (5) ________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) ________easily obscured by cloud cover, blood moons are fairly common, and it is relatively easy to calculate where and when you might be (8) ________ 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) ________ they helped him. They remained skeptical. But when the moon slowly started to change colour, they became so frightened that they started to bring food.
