A desert is a land【C1】______plants, animals, and people cannot get all the water they need because the climate is【C2】______too d

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问题    A desert is a land【C1】______plants, animals, and people cannot get all the water they need because the climate is【C2】______too dry or too cold.【C3】______deserts have【C4】______than 10 inches of rainfall a year. There may be months or even years between one rainstorm and【C5】______. The rainwater quickly runs【C6】______the land, sinks into the sand or evaporates into the dry air.
   No matter how dry a desert may be, it is【C7】______to man. In some of the driest regions【C8】______has found valuable minerals. The discovery of petroleum, in particular,【C9】______great changes to the deserts. Oil is now the most important export of several desert countries in the Middle East, and it has been【C10】______in the Western Sahara. Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait are【C11】______called oil kingdoms.
   Man has changed the desert in many ways to make it a【C12】______place to live in. But the greatest problem of the deserts【C13】______. That problem is【C14】______water over large areas. Man is turning to the sea【C15】______water.
   Scientists are constantly【C16】______methods of【C17】______the salt from water so that it can be used in industry and agriculture. This is called desalinization. Perhaps the use of atomic power will make desalinization less expensive in the future. Some people believe that man will one day be able to【C18】______the climate and produce rainfall over the desert when it is wanted. This would be a simple【C19】______to the water problem, but we【C20】______much more about the atmosphere before that will be possible.
【C5】

选项 A、the other
B、other
C、the next
D、next one

答案C

解析 本题考查语境理解between one rainstorm and the next是“在一次暴风雨与下一次暴风雨之间”,意思是“下了一次暴风雨以后,可能要过好几个月才会有下一次”。首先此处要选一个名词性的单词,所以先排除B选项,因为other是形容词。A选项the other的意思是“(两者中的)另一个”,意思不对,也排除。next若前边不加定冠词the,一般是以现在为出发点的,例如We’ll celebrate National Day next Friday,“下周五我们将庆祝国庆节”。the ne
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