Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world 单元话题阅读理解练习 基础语篇巩固练 （23-24 八年级下·湖南·阶段练习） Antarctica is a continent (大陆) of ice. There is hardly any rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert in the world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area. Antarctica Desert The Sahara Desert is the hottest of all the deserts on the earth. It covers most parts of North Africa and is similar in size to the land area of the USA．The word “sahara” in Arabic means “desert”. Sahara Desert The Arabian Desert is in Asia on the Arabian peninsula. It covers almost the entire Arabian Peninsula. The sand here has a red-orange color and the surface of the Arabian Desert is covered mainly by sand hills, some gravel Arabian Desert plains (砾石平原) and rocky plains. The Mojave Desert is in the USA．It is the driest desert on the North American continent. Death Valley, one of the hottest areas in the world, is in the Mojave Desert. Mojave comes from the Spanish word for “beside the water”. Mojave Desert 1．Which is the driest desert in the world A．The Antarctica Desert. B．The Sahara Desert. C．The Arabian Desert. 2．What is the Sahara A．It is the hottest desert in the world. B．It is the largest desert in the world. C．It is the coldest desert in the world. 3．What color is the sand in the Arabian Desert A．Red. B．Orange. C．Red-orange. 【答案】1．A 2．A 3．C 【导语】本文主要介绍了几个沙漠。 1．细节理解题。根据“so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert in the world”可知南极沙漠成为世界上 最干燥的沙漠。故选 A。 2．细节理解题。根据“The Sahara Desert is the hottest of all the deserts on the earth”可知撒哈拉沙漠是地球上 最热的沙漠。故选 A。 3．细节理解题。根据“The sand here has a red-orange color”可知这里的沙子呈橙红色。故选 C。 （23-24 八年级下·山东济宁·阶段练习）China is a country in East Asia. It is large in more than one way. More than 1.4 billion people live here. That’s about a fifth of all the people on Earth! And China is the third or fourth largest country by total area in the world. It covers about 3.7 million square miles. This large country has many different kinds of land. It has some very low areas of land. In fact, the sixth lowest point on Earth is in China. It is Aydingkol Lake (艾丁湖) in the Turpan Depression (吐鲁番盆地). Other parts of China have mountains. For example, part of the Himalayan mountain is in the west part of the country. This area has some of the highest mountains in the world. 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. The Yellow River is China’s second longest river. It is very special to the Chinese people, as it was the birthplace of Chinese civilization (文明). The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest river in the world! There are thousands of rivers in China. But there is still desert in ... ...
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