Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.


  1. A.
    surprisingly
  2. B.
    eventually
  3. C.
    permanently
  4. D.
    virtually
D
virtually(="almost," very nearly; in every way that is really important)幾乎，事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上；My book is virtually finished; I have only a few changes to make in the writing.( 我的書幾乎寫完了,我只要在作品中再作一點(diǎn)修改就可以了。)surprisingly令人驚奇的；eventually最終的；permanently永久的。
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