材料一：我国东西横跨5200多千米，南北纵贯5500余千米，包括了从沿海到内陆、从寒温带到热带的各种自然景观，呈现出显著的区域地理差异．

材料二：中国四大地理分区图

根据短文理解, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

    When July comes, children know they'll have their exam and the school year will  1 soon. Boys and girls will have nearly a two-month holiday and they'll leave school  2 train or by car to  3 their parents.

    The summer holidays are the  4time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good. So children can spend most of their time   5  outside. If one lives in the countryside, he can go and play in the woods or in the fields. If he 6 in a big town, he can usually go to a park to play.

    The best place for children to spend their summer holidays is the  7 . Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea.   8 for those who don't live there, if they have the luck to stay in one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will  9   it all the following school year.

    Now,  10 makes children like the seaside so much? I think they are the sands, the sea and the sun. The feeling of sand under their feet, salt water on their skin, and the warm sun on their backs make them very happy.

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材料一：宋朝片外贸易迅速发展的基础，是中国前所未有的经济生产率。海港而不是古老的陆路，首次成为中国同外界联系的主要媒介，穆斯林商人和水手成为亚洲诸海中活动的伟大创业者。中国的出口品大多是制成品，如丝绸、瓷器、书画等。而进口品多半是原材料，如香料、矿石和马匹灯。因而，宋期时的中国正朝着成为一个海上强国的方向发展。不过，对中国历史和世界历史而言，最重要的事实是，这一潜在的可能从未实现。

——据斯塔夫里阿诺斯《全球通史》

材料二：1500-1800年，欧洲人利用他们与非洲和美洲越来越密切的政治经济联系，尤其是“三角贸易”，不断扩大对亚洲经济的全面参与。美洲的糖和大西洋的鱼为欧洲人提供了卡路里和蛋白质，亚洲的棉纺织品为欧洲人提供了衣服从而节省出大片牧场，美洲货币的大量供给使欧洲能够追求微观和宏观的经济优势，促进了欧洲的资本积累。经过三个世纪的努力，欧洲在全球最早开始了工业革命，并用进口替代和工业品出口拉动战略，最终抵达了世界经济中心的位置。

——招弗兰克《白银资本》