2019年中考英語備考名師精品資料――閱讀理解

 　　a. we can go there for holidays
 　　b. the world's weather must be better and better
 　　c. the peak will be the best place for people to live in
 　　d. our country will do better in the world's weather research

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the total area of land on earth is estimated(估計) as 149 million square kilometres, or about 29 percent of the total area of the earth.   
   the mean(平均) height of the land is about 750 meters above the sea level.
   the eurasian(歐亞的) land mass is the largest with an area of 54,527,000 square kilometres. the smallest continent is the australian mainland, with an area of about 7,614,600 square kilometres, which together with tasmania, new zealand, new guinea and the pacific islands, is described as oceania(大洋州). the total area of oceania is about 8,935,500 square kilometres, including west iran which is in asia.
   the world’s largest peninsula(半島) is arabian, with an area of about 3,327,500 square kilometres. the largest island in the world is greenland, with an area of about 2,175,600 square kilometres. the largest island surrounded(環繞) by fresh water is liha de maraja(4,022 square kilometres) in the mouth of the amazon river, brazil. the largest island in a lake is manitoulin island(2,766 square kilometres) in the canadian section of the lake huron. this island itself has on it a lake of 106 square kilometres called manitou lake, in which there are several island.
1. oceania is made up of ______.
  a. tasmania and new zealand                  b. australia 
c. new guinea and the pacific islands            d. all of the above
2. the largest island surrounded by fresh water, which has an area of 4,022 square kilometres, is in ______.
  a. a river              b. a lake              c. a sea            d. an ocean
3. lake huron lies ______.
  a. in canada           b. near to canada       c. partly in canada   d. in brazil
4. which of the following diagrams shows the correct relation ship between manitoulin island (mi), lake huron (lh), manitou lake (ml), and the “several islands”(sl) mentioned at the end of the passage?