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      Mount Fuji also spelled

      Fujisan, also called Fujiyama or Fuji no Yama, is the highest mountain in Japan. It rises to 12,388 feet near the Pacific Ocean coast in Yamanashi and Shizuoka ken (prefectures) of central Honshu, about 60 miles west of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. It is a volcano that has been dormant since its last eruption, in 1707, but is still generally classified as active by geologists. The mountain is the major feature of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (1936), and it is at the centre of a UNESCO World Heritage site designated in 2013. _______________. Among the several theories about the source of the name is that it is derived from an Ainu (indigenous of Japan) term meaning “fire,” coupled with san, the Japanese word for “mountain.” The Chinese ideograms (kanji) now used to write Fuji connote more of a sense of good fortune or wellbeing. In each of the following question a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five choices given to make the passage complete and coherent (Coherent means logically complete and sound)
      A The truth is somewhat more complex. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B The origin of the mountain’s name is uncertain. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C According to tradition, the volcano was formed in 286 BC by an earthquake. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D Among Japanese there is a sense of personal identification with the mountain. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E Mount Fuji, with its graceful conical form, has become famous throughout the world and is considered the sacred symbol of Japan. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

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      Mount Fuji also spelled Fujisan, also called Fujiyama or Fuji no Yama, is the highest mountain in Japan. It rises to 12,388 feet near the Pacific Ocean coast in Yamanashi and Shizuoka ken (prefectures) of central Honshu, about 60 miles west of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. It is a volcano that has been dormant since its last eruption, in 1707, but is still generally classified as active by geologists. The mountain is the major feature of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (1936), and it is at the centre of a UNESCO World Heritage site designated in 2013. The origin of the mountain’s name is uncertain. Among the several theories about the source of the name is that it is derived from an Ainu (indigenous of Japan) term meaning “fire,” coupled with san, the Japanese word for “mountain.” The Chinese ideograms (kanji) now used to write Fuji connote more of a sense of good fortune or wellbeing.

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