Could someone offer to me with my english homework?

1.) The article states how it is still an active volcano today.

2.) The answer is B. This had been long predicted by scientists, and they knew that the eruption was coming, and the third sentence literally states it was no surprise, which cancels out option a. The most devastating eruption so far in history was not Mt. St. Helens. It was Mt. Vesuvius in Italy, so c is incorrect. There were also several more devastating natural disasters after this, which cancels out d.

3.) The answer is C. An eruption wouldn't have allowed snowflakes to form. Ash is one of the main things spewed out by volcanoes.

4.) It says in the passage that 57 people were killed. It gives no evidence of them all being scientists. The answer is d.

5.) The answer is d.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

can you take a picture of the passage so i can answer your question