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Does the Dead Sea sound like a place where you'd like to go swimming? What do you expect to see in it? Do you believe there are dead things in the Dead Sea?
Lying in southwest Asia, the Dead Sea is about 80 kilometres long, about 18 kilometres wide and about 400 metres deep. It also has some other names, such as the Salt Sea, the East Sea, or the Sea of the Plain.
Even though it's called the Dead Sea, it isn't a sea at all. It's a lake. Different from other lakes you might have seen, the Dead Sea is quite a salty lake. In fact, the Dead Sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. That's why it's called the Dead Sea. And the Dead Sea stays quite salty because it gets only a little rain, and so little fresh water gets into the Dead Sea each year.
Don't let the name of the Dead Sea make you feel scared. The Dead Sea is a surprising place to visit, and many people go to the Dead Sea each year on holiday. One interesting thing is that anyone can float in the Dead Sea. So if you walk on the beach of the Dead Sea on a warm day, perhaps you can see many people floating in its waters. You might even see many of them reading books or magazines!
()1. How does the writer start the passage?
A. By telling a story.
B. By listing numbers.
C. By giving examples.
D. By asking questions.
()2. What can we learn about the Dead Sea from Paragraph 2?
①Its size. ②Its history. ③Its location. ④Its importance.
A. ①②
B. ①③
C. ②④
D. ③④
()3. What's Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The Dead Sea is a salty lake.
B. The Dead Sea has a strange name.
C. Almost no rain or fresh water enters the Dead Sea.
D. Plants can live in the Dead Sea.
()4. What does the underlined word "float" in the last paragraph mean?
A. To move slowly in the air.
B. To fly slowly in the air.
C. To move slowly on water.
D. To move slowly under water.
()5. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To ask for opinions on swimming in the Dead Sea.
B. To share travelling experiences around the Dead Sea.
C. To encourage more people to read books in the Dead Sea.
D. To introduce one of the most surprising natural wonders of the world.
Does the Dead Sea sound like a place where you'd like to go swimming? What do you expect to see in it? Do you believe there are dead things in the Dead Sea?
Lying in southwest Asia, the Dead Sea is about 80 kilometres long, about 18 kilometres wide and about 400 metres deep. It also has some other names, such as the Salt Sea, the East Sea, or the Sea of the Plain.
Even though it's called the Dead Sea, it isn't a sea at all. It's a lake. Different from other lakes you might have seen, the Dead Sea is quite a salty lake. In fact, the Dead Sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. That's why it's called the Dead Sea. And the Dead Sea stays quite salty because it gets only a little rain, and so little fresh water gets into the Dead Sea each year.
Don't let the name of the Dead Sea make you feel scared. The Dead Sea is a surprising place to visit, and many people go to the Dead Sea each year on holiday. One interesting thing is that anyone can float in the Dead Sea. So if you walk on the beach of the Dead Sea on a warm day, perhaps you can see many people floating in its waters. You might even see many of them reading books or magazines!
()1. How does the writer start the passage?
A. By telling a story.
B. By listing numbers.
C. By giving examples.
D. By asking questions.
()2. What can we learn about the Dead Sea from Paragraph 2?
①Its size. ②Its history. ③Its location. ④Its importance.
A. ①②
B. ①③
C. ②④
D. ③④
()3. What's Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The Dead Sea is a salty lake.
B. The Dead Sea has a strange name.
C. Almost no rain or fresh water enters the Dead Sea.
D. Plants can live in the Dead Sea.
()4. What does the underlined word "float" in the last paragraph mean?
A. To move slowly in the air.
B. To fly slowly in the air.
C. To move slowly on water.
D. To move slowly under water.
()5. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To ask for opinions on swimming in the Dead Sea.
B. To share travelling experiences around the Dead Sea.
C. To encourage more people to read books in the Dead Sea.
D. To introduce one of the most surprising natural wonders of the world.
答案
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D
解析
1. 文章开头通过三个疑问句（Does the Dead Sea sound like...? What do you expect...? Do you believe...?）展开，作者以提问的方式开始，对应选项D。2. 第二段提到死海的位置（Lying in southwest Asia）和尺寸（80 kilometres long, about 18 kilometres wide and about 400 metres deep），即①Its size和③Its location，对应选项B。3. 第三段主要说明死海是一个咸水湖，解释了其被称为“死海”的原因，对应选项A。4. 根据常识及文章内容，死海浮力大，人可在水面漂浮，故“float”意为“在水上慢慢移动”，对应选项C。5. 文章介绍了死海的位置、尺寸、咸度等特点，旨在介绍这一令人惊讶的自然奇观，对应选项D。
