2021年职称英语考试理工C真题(5)

1、职称英语考试理工C真题(5) xx年职称英语考试理工C真题 Wadi Rum is the name given to a valley cut into the sandstone and hard rock in southwest Jordan. _46 The name Rum most likely es from an Ara _ic word meaning “high” or “elevated”, The area around Wadi Rum is now also one of Jordans most important tourist destinations, a

2、nd attracts an increasing number of foreign tourists, particularly trekkers(越野者)，but also for camel safaris(旅行) or simply day-trippers from Aqaba or Petra. In contrast, there are almost no local or Arab tourists through nearby disi attracts young people from Am _n at the weekends. Popular activities

3、 in the desert enviro _ent include camping under the stars, riding Arab horses, and rock-climbing amongst the _ssive rock for _tions. Jebal Rum (Jebal means mountain) is 1,574 metres above sea level. _47 But Jordan is not simply a desert enviro _ent-it also contains the area which is the lowest poin

4、t to the fa _ of the Earth-the incredible Dead Sea, popular with tourists for swimming. _48 On _ the waters reach the Dead Sea they are landlocked and have nowhere to go, so they evaporate, leaving behind a dense, rich cocktail(混合的) of salts and minerals that supply industry, agriculture and medicin

5、e with some of its finest products. On _ again, tourists benefit and can participate in water spa treatments and water therapies. The Dead Sea is located in the syro-African Rift, a 4,000-mile fault line in the Earths crust. The lowest point of dry land on Earth is the shoreline of the Dead Sea at 1

6、,300 feet below sea level. Because the lake is at the lowest point, this means that water does not drain from it. _49 Figures for the Dead Seas salinity(盐度) today range from 25% to 35%. But the greatest tourist attraction is the incredible city of Petra._50 It is a vast unique city, carved into the

7、sheer rock fa _ by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2,000 years ago, turing it into an important junction for the silk, spi _ and other trade routes that linked China India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Gree _ and Rome. Today, visitors can _rvel at the a

8、rchitecture and explore life as it was thousands of years ago. A It is the largest wadi (riverbed) in Jordan. B It is the second highest peak in Jordan, rising directly above the Rum valley opposite Jebal Urn Ishrin. C This vast stretch of water re _ives a number of ining rivers, including the River Jordan. D The area has been used as a background setting in a number of films. E Every day seven million tons of water evaporate from th