:2019年中考英语复习选练（外研版共40套）

（阅读理解+完形填空+任务型阅读）
 (限时:20分钟)
 
一、阅读理解
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Fraser Island

 
 Fraser Island is in Queensland，Australia，about 200 kilometers north of Brisbane.It is about 120 kilometers long and 24kilometers wide.It is a very important island because it is completely made of sand.In fact，it is the largest sand island in the world.There is no airport on the island，but there is a long beach along the east coast.Planes arrive and leave from here.
The sand makes unusual shapes.There are hills made of sand called sand blows.Nothing grows on them.They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the island，getting bigger and bigger.At other places on the island，such as Rainbow Gorge，The Cathedrals and Red Canyon，the sandy rocks have different colors.Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown，like coffee.
Surprisingly，the sandy island has a lot of different plants and animals.There are dark forests—euca