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The Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the   61   (large) of the Earth’s oceans   62   (cover) about 46% of the Earth’s water surface and 32% of its total surface area. It extends   63   the Arctic in the north to the Antarctica in the south surrounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.

The Pacific Ocean contains about 25 000 islands. The   64   (major) of them are found south of the equator.   65   water near the equator is less salty than that found in the mid-latitudes (中纬度) for   66   (abundance) equatorial precipitation (赤道降水) throughout the year.

The surface circulation of Pacific waters is   67   (general) clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

The exploitation of the Pacific’s mineral wealth is various   68   is influenced by the ocean’s great depths. In shallow waters off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand natural gas is produced and pearls   69   (harvest) along the coasts of Australia Japan and the Philippines. One more thing worth   70   (mention) is that the Pacific’s greatest wealth is its fish.

Answer 1

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66. abundant          67. generally          68. which       69. are harvested         70.mentioning