第二部分 阅读理解
Does the Dead Sea sound like a place where you'd like to go swimming? What do you expect to see in it?
Lying in southwest Asia, the Dead Sea is about 75 kilometres long, about 16 kilometres wide and is about 398 metres deep. It also has some other names, such as the Salt Sea or the Eastern Sea.
Even though it's called the Dead Sea, it isn't a sea at all! It's a lake. Different from other lakes, the Dead Sea is quite a salty lake. The Dead Sea is so salty that nothing can live in it. 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.
Many people think the Dead Sea is dangerous because of its name. 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(漂浮) in the Dead Sea. So if you walk on the beach of the Dead Sea on a warm day, perhaps you can see many of them reading books or magazines!
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
()1. What can we learn about the Dead Sea in Paragraph 2?
①Its size. ②Its history. ③Its location. ④Its importance.
A. ①② B. ①③ C. ②④
()2. What's Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The Dead Sea is a salty lake.
B. The Dead Sea is a strange sea.
C. Almost no rain or fresh water enters the Dead Sea.
()3. What does the underlined word "scared" in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Tired. B. Lucky. C. Afraid.
()4. What's the structure(结构) of the passage?
A. B. C.
()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 attract people to visit the Dead Sea.

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.C

1. 细节理解题：第二段第一句“Lying in southwest Asia”介绍了死海的地理位置（对应③），后续介绍死海的长度、宽度、深度是在描述它的尺寸（对应①），段落没有提及死海的历史和重要性，因此选B。
2. 段落主旨题：第三段开篇点明死海不是海而是湖，核心围绕死海是咸度极高的湖泊展开，解释了死海名字的由来和它保持高盐度的原因，B选项错误（死海不是海），C选项只是段落的部分细节，不是主旨，因此选A。
3. 词义猜测题：前一句提到“很多人因为死海的名字认为它很危险”，由此可推知划线词所在句的含义是“不要让死海的名字让你感到害怕”，scared的含义是“害怕的”，和Afraid同义，A意为疲惫的，B意为幸运的，都不符合，因此选C。
4. 篇章结构题：文章第一段用两个问题引入死海这个话题，属于总起段；第二段介绍死海的位置、尺寸和别名，第三段介绍死海的属性、高盐度的特点和名字由来，第四段介绍死海适合游览的特点，三个段落是并列的分述部分，整体是总分结构，对应选项A的结构。
5. 写作目的题：文章介绍了死海的相关常识，最后点明死海是很棒的游览地，游客可以在里面漂浮、休闲，目的是吸引人们前往死海游玩，A选项只是开篇的引入提问不是写作目的，B选项文中没有分享个人旅行经历，因此选C。