SituatedinthesoutheastpartofCaliforniaDeathValleycoversanareaofmorethan3.3million

acresevenlargerthanthefamousYellowstoneNationalPark.

DeathValleyisalandofextremes.Itisoneofthehottestplacesonthesurfaceoftheearth.The

highestgroundtemperatureeverrecordedwas93.90℃ onJuly151972.ItisthedriestplaceinNorth

Americawithanaveragerainfallofonlyl.96inchesayear.DeathValleyalsoboaststhelowestpointin

thewesternhemisphere-Bad-waterat85.95metersbelowsealevel.

DeathValleygotitsnamein1849whenagroupofemigrantswerelookingforashortcuttothegold

fieldofCalifornia.Theyweregivenbadadviceandwentintothevalley.Someofthemwerekilledbythe

badweatherandharshroad.Whentherestfinallywalkedouttheygavetheareaitsnamebysayingtoit"Good-byeDeathValley".

AsthenamemightsuggestthereisverylittleapparentvegetationwithinDeathValley.Firstimpressionshowevercanbedeceiving.DeathValleyincludesmorethan1000speciesofplantsthathaveadapted

totheharshconditions.

DeathValleyisalsoalandofbeauties.Sunriseandsunsetaretwoofthemostspectacularattractions.Dependingondifferentanglestheyshowmanyofthearea'sdifferentmoods.Forthebestviewingplantobethereapproximatelyonehourbeforesunsetorbeforesunrise.

DeathValleyNationalParkisopenallyearround.Inspiteoftheclimatehikingisoneofthemost

popularactivitiesinDeathValley.Thesurroundingmountainsproducespectacularwildflowerdisplays

alongwithsnow-coveredpeaksbreathtakingsanddunesabandonedminesandindustrialstructures.

1.AllthefollowingstatementsarethemostspecialnaturesofDeathValleyexcept_________.

A.ithasthelargestnumberofdesertplants

B.ithasthehottestgroundintheworld

C.itisthedriestplaceinNorthAmerica

D.itisthelowestinthewesternhemisphere

2.FromthepassagewecanknowthatthenameDeathValleycomesfromthefactthat_________.

A.noonecanescapefromitsbadweather

B.it'stoohotforanyplantstogrowthere

C.somep