Youmayhavenoticedthattheworld’spopulationisnotevenlydistributed(分布)aroundourplanet.Therearemorecountrieswherepeopleseemtobelivingnearlyontopofeachotherbecauseconditionsareovercrowded.Thenthereareotherswhereitseemsthathardlyanybodylives.Whatinfluencesthisunequaldistributionofpeople?Therearespecificadvantagesanddisadvantagesoflivinginacertainarea.

Thetwomainfactors(因素)thatinfluencepeople’schoiceoflocationareclimateandresources.Climateistheusualweatherconditionsinaregion.Areasthathavebadweatheraregenerallylessidealasplacestolivein.Thenorthandsouthpolesatthetopandbottomoftheworldmaybebeautifulintheirruggednaturalwaybutthedisadvantageofthebitterlycoldandwindyconditionsusuallykeepspeopleaway.Whenitcomestoclimateswarmconditionsandanormalamountofrainfallareadvantagesthatattractpeople.

Naturalresourcesaretingsthatwegetfromnaturethathelpussurvive.Eachregionoffersdifferentresourcesandthereforeattractsdifferentgroupsofpeople.Peoplewhoenjoythebeachcanmaketheirlivingbycatchingandsellingtheocean’smanyfishandotherseacreature.Thosewhopreferfarmingcantakeadvantageofrichsoilinvalleysnearrivers.Somepeoplearewillingtoacceptthedisadvantagesoftheterribleconditionsofdesertsormountainsinordertotakeadvantagesoftheresourceslikeoilorwoods.

1.Theunderlinedpart“ontopof”inthefirstparagraphmostlikelymeans         .

A.verycloseto     B.onthehighestpartof     

C.incontrolof      D.onthesurfaceof

2.Whatarethemainfactorsthatinfluencethedistributionofpeople?

A.Resourcesandoceans.              B.Climateandrivers.

C.Climateandresources.              D.Warmconditionsandrainfall.

3.Thewriterthinksmanypeopledon’tlivenearthenorthorsouthpolebecause      .

A.theycan’tgetenoughfoodthere

B.thenaturalsightstheredon’tarrractpeople

C.theunpleasantweatherkeepsthemaway

D.thelengthofnighttimekeepsthemaway

4.Whydopeoplegoandliveinvalleysnearrives?

A.Thetemperatureisn’ttoolowinwinte