What do we know about the sea? We (1)______ that it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining (2)______ it. We also learn that it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. What (3)_____ things do we know about it?
The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. (4)_____ the map of the world, there is (5)______ sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the (6)______.
Some parts of the sea (7)______ very shallow. But some places are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It is nearly 11 kilometers deep. The (8)____ mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there would be (9)______ kilometers of water above it!
The sea is salty. There is one sea called the Dead Sea. It is very salty. It is (10)_____ salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.
( )1. A. know B. say C. hope D. wish
( )2. A. in B. at C. on D. over
( )3. A. another B. other C. the other D. others
( )4. A. Look after B. See C. Watch D. Look at
( )5. A. smaller B. fewer C. more D. less
( )6. A. land B. world C. water D. mountain
( )7. A. are B. is C. has been D. were
( )8. A. longest B. oldest C. tallest D. highest
( )9. A. 20 B. 2 C. 11 D. 9
( )10.A. much B. too C. so D. very
初二英语完形填空实战演练答案题解与分析：
这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了海洋的一些情况，包括它的面积，深度等，同时介绍了死海的一些情况。
1.A. “it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining”，这一情况是众所周知的，所以用动词know较合理。
2.C. 太阳是照射在大海的表面上的。
3.B. another 指多者之中的一个，the other 特指两者中的另一个，others 指其他的人或物，起代词作用。other则是形容词，意思是”其他的”，后加名词单数或复数均可。
4.D. 根据所给词的词义可知答案。
5.C. 地球上海洋的面积比陆地的面积大得多。
6.B. 海洋的面积是占地球表面的四分之三的。
7.A.这里所说的一部分海洋较浅，这是一个事实。并且这句话的主语是parts，所以连系动词be应用复数。
8.D. 世界上最高的山脉大约9,000米高，这就是我国的喜马拉雅山。
9.B. 世界上最高的山脉和最深的海沟之间就相差两千米。
10.C. so…that… 是一个固定句式。
