1 . Here are several places which will surprise you.
Death Valley, California, USA
Very lively at night but completely dead during the day, this place is nothing but dry hot desert. It actually holds the record for the hottest air temperature. It has an average temperature of 46℃ but it has reached 56.7℃ in 1913 and is considered to be a current record. As the driest place in the USA, this place is actually inhabited even though less than a thousand people live there.
Kebili, Tunisia
Tunisia’s close location to the Mediterranean Sea suggests that it should be nice and cool but Kebili is a desert town which has the highest temperature recorded at 55℃. The people inhabiting the area have adjusted to tough conditions and learned to spend most of their time in the shade. Date palms are one of the key features of this place.
Wādī Halfā, Sudan
The city is located on the shores of Lake Nubia, and dust storms are a pretty common thing in the summer. With an average temperature of 41℃, it still managed to make it to 53℃ in 1967. You would think that it should be a little bit cooler for it is the most northern place in Sudan.
Dasht-e Lut Desert, Iran
It’s another uninhabited desert which is actually getting super hot. In the past 20 years, the temperatures of 70℃ have been recorded. The salt desert spreads over 200 miles and even wildlife is not that spread. The place is popular with tourists and naturalists who would like to experience extreme landscapes.
1. What can we say about Death Valley?| A．There is little rainfall in it. | B．Over 1, 000 people live there. |
| C．There is nothing but dry hot sand in it. | D．Its average temperature is 56.7℃. |
| A．Death Valley. | B．Dasht-e Lut Desert. |
| C．Wādī Halfā. | D．Kebili. |
| A．They are places suitable to settle in. |
| B．They are located close to deserts. |
| C．They are the hottest places on earth. |
| D．They are more popular with tourists than other places. |
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3 . The National Park System offers families a wonderfully affordable way to enjoy America’s most beautiful scenery.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
As the most visited national park in America, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers over 522, 000 acres (英亩) of land in North Carolina and Tennessee. It offers breathtaking scenery and wildlife viewing. Despite attracting large numbers of visitors, it presents plenty of opportunities for visitors to be alone, whether to go on a hike, take a scenic drive or relax at a park campsite.
Yellowstone National Park
Set up in 1872 as the first U. S. national park, Yellowstone is arguably the most unique. Its 2. 2 million acres fall mainly in Wyoming and sit at the highest point of one of the continent’s largest active supervolcanoes. It has a diverse ecosystem including lakes, rivers, and mountain ranges.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park’s 415 square miles include mountain lakes and rolling grasslands. There are more than 300 miles of hiking paths to explore along with wildlife like sheep and deer. Adventurous travelers can brave the 48-mile Trail Ridge Road, which takes travelers to an altitude (海拔) of near 11, 500 feet!
Acadia National Park
This park on the rough Maine coast is home to various plants and animals and the tallest mountain on the U. S. Atlantic coast. Today visitors come to Acadia to hike rock peaks, bike along historic carriage roads, or relax and enjoy the natural beauty near the coast.
1. What can visitors do in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?| A．Feed wildlife. | B．Go camping. |
| C．Drive along the coast. | D．Climb rocky mountains. |
| A．It has diverse grasslands. | B．It has the most breathtaking scenery. |
| C．It lies on top of a supervolcano. | D．It is home to the States’ tallest mountain. |
| A．In Acadia National Park. |
| B．In Yellowstone National Park. |
| C．In Rocky Mountain National Park. |
| D．In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
1. Who first recorded the sighting of the Nazca Lines?
| A．A ruler. | B．A pilot. | C．A researcher. |
| A．Ancient peoples. | B．Animals. | C．Rocks. |
| A．Local climate. | B．Special techniques. | C．Humans’ protection. |
| A．They were created by aliens. |
| B．They were created to record star changes. |
| C．They were created for water-related events. |
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9 . On January 22, a massive iceberg broke off from Antarctica’s (南极洲的) Brunt Ice Shelf. Scientists say the iceberg was expected to break off and the event isn’t connected to climate change. But the size of the iceberg is hard to imagine. This iceberg covers an area of about 600 square miles. That’s about twice the size of New York City.
Antarctica is covered with a layer of ice and snow that’s roughly 1.2 miles thick. As snowfalls, it piles up in the center of Antarctica in a huge layer of ice. Overtime, the weight of this ice and snow creates slowly moving rivers of ice called glaciers, which push out toward the sea.
When the glaciers reach these a，they slowly push out beyond the edge of the land, forming huge“ice shelves”. These are massive sections of ice that spread out over these a, floating on the water below. From time to time, the edges of the ice shelves break off. This is a natural process, called “calving (冰裂作用)”. Though calving events area normal part of the ice shelf in Antarctica, one expert describes huge calving events like this are “quite rare and exciting”.
This is the second time in two years that a huge iceberg has calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf. Though this calving event had nothing to do with the climate crisis, the world’s rising temperatures are definitely affecting Antarctica’s sea ice.
Unlike a nice shelf, sea ice isn’t attached to Antarctica’s land. It’s a layer of ice that floats on the surface of these a. The sea ice is there year-round. It grows larger in the cold winters, and smaller as it begins to melt in the summers. It’s now summer in Antarctica, and scientists say the sea ice is disappearing “unusually” rapidly. Last year, with temperatures warmer than normal, Antarctica set a record for the lowest amount of sea ice ever recorded. Scientists say Antarctica’s sea ice could set a new record low again this year.
1. What does the author intend to tell us in paragraph 2?| A．How bad the temperature in Antarctic is. |
| B．How slowly-moving glaciers are formed. |
| C．Why so much snow and ice are in Antarctic. |
| D．What causes the glaciers to move slowly. |
| A．Unpredictable. | B．Incredible. | C．Disastrous. | D．Beneficial. |
| A．It is fixed on Antarctica’s land. | B．No season can change its size. |
| C．Scientists worry about its size. | D．It will return to normal next year. |
| A．It’s Urgent to Protect Antarctica | B．The Climate in Antarctica Is Warmer |
| C．Massive Iceberg Breaks From Antarctica | D．Antarctica’s Sea Ice Grows Larger in Summer |
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