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2022四川省广安二中高考英语二轮阅读理解练习（2）答案

阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

ThePacificOceanisthelargestoftheworld’sfouroceans.ItsnamecomesfromtheLatinmeaning“peacefulsea”，andwasgivenbythePortugueseexplorerFerdinandMagellan,whosevoyagewasplainthere.However,thePacificisnotalwayspeaceful.Itsislandsareoftenhitbytyphoons,andthecountriessurroundingithavemanyvolcanoesandareoftenhitbyearthquakes.Tsunamis(海啸),causedbyunderwaterearthquakes,havedestroyedmanylow－lyingcoastaltowns.

TheOceancontainsabout46%ofEarth’ssurface