第二节(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读短文,从方框内所列选项中,选出最佳选项填入对应空白处,使短文通顺、连贯。(选项中有一项多余)
China is a great country in East Asia. It is one of the
oldest countries in the world. It's over 5,000 years old. The
population of China is larger than that of most other
countries. 31 The population of china used to be about
one fifth of the world's population!
This large country has many different kinds of land. It
has some very low(低的) areas of land. 32 It is
Aydingkol Lake in the Turpan Depression(吐鲁番盆地).
Other parts of China have mountains. The Himalayas stretch
along the southwestern border(边疆) of China. 33 It is
8,848.86 meters high and many climbers risk their lives to
climb.
The snow in the mountains is a source(源头) of many
rivers. In fact, the snow makes two of China's most
important rivers. They are the Yellow River and the Yangtze
River. 34 It is the birthplace(发源地) of Chinese
civilization(文明). The Yangtze River is the longest river in
Asia. Both rivers are very important to China.
There are many places of interest in China, such as the
Palace Museum, the Terracotta Army in Xi'an and the Great
Wall. The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty is about 8,851.8
kilometers long. 35
Welcome to China and I'm sure you can have a wonderful
time.

31. 32. 33.
34. 35.

31. A
32. D
33. F
34. B
35. C

31. 前文提及中国人口远超多数国家，空格处需补充人口相关具体内容，A选项“有超过14亿人口”契合语境。
32. 前文提到中国存在低海拔区域，后文引出艾丁湖，D选项“事实上，地球上第二低的陆地海拔点在中国”起到过渡作用，引出具体低点。
33. 前文介绍喜马拉雅山脉，后文提到海拔8848.86米的山峰，F选项“在所有山脉中，珠穆朗玛峰是最高且最著名的”对应后文的珠峰信息。
34. 前文提到黄河与长江，后文说明它是中华文明发源地，B选项“黄河是中国第二长河”符合对黄河的介绍，衔接后文内容。
35. 前文介绍长城的长度，C选项“它是世界上最伟大的人造奇迹之一”是对长城的恰当评价，符合语境。