题目内容
6.The Antarctica is actually a desert.It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake.The Antarctica is all ice all year round.The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero,at the South Pole.Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall.But less than ten inches of snow falls each year.That is less than half an inch of water.Ten times that much moisture (水份) falls in parts of the Sahara.
The little snow that falls in Antarctica never melts.It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century.When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of snow above it.
24.Antarctica hasA.
A.about one-tenth of the moisture of the Sahara.
B.the same amount of moisture as the Sahara.
C.ten times as much moisture as the Sahara.
D.none of the above.
25.The snow in Antarctica is very deep because itD.
A.never stops falling.
B.piles up year after year.
C.never melts.
D.both B and C.
26.The snow turns to ice whenC.
A.it gets wet.
B.the next snowfall comes.
C.the snow above it is heavy enough
D.the temperature gets colder.
27.Antarctica is called a desert because itC.
A.is sandy.
B.has the same temperature as a desert.
C.has little moisture and no lakes or rivers.
D.there are no people there.
分析 本文介绍了Antarctica的地貌,Antarctica事实上是一个沙漠,它是世界上唯一一个没有河流或湖泊的大洲.
解答 24.A 细节理解题.根据内容But less than ten inches of snow falls each year.That is less than half an inch of water.Ten times that much moisture (水份) falls in parts of the Sahara.可知Antarctica的湿度是Sahara的十分之一,结合选项,故答案为A.
25.D 细节理解题.根据文章内容The little snow that falls in Antarctica never melts.It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century可知,积雪年年堆积并且一直不融化,答案D为正确选项.
26.C 细节理解题.根据文章内容When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of snow above it.由于积压的雪太多太厚,它就变成了冰,故答案为C.
27.C 细节理解题.根据文章第一段的内容It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake.被叫沙漠是因为没有河流没有湖泊,故答案为C.
点评 本文是人文地理类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.

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